Students will require 3 to 6 hours per week to accomplish goals. Prof. Bob Avanzato can provide assistance in both areas. It is critical that students maintain weekly communication with Penn State. Over 50 robots have been designed and built by high school students in this program. High school students have found this experience to be highly exciting, compelling, and rewarding.
Robotics design can be a foundation for science fair projects.
The objective of fire-fighting robot competition is to design an autonomous mobile robot that can successfully navigate a maze, locate a candle, and extinguish the candle in the least amount of time. Preliminary contest have been held annually at Abington each April of 1995 to 2000. Over 60 robots from throughout the country and several from Canada and Europe compete each year. Another of our participating high schools, Carver Engineering and Science H.S., Phila. The contest is accessible to a wide range of participants from junior high school to college.