Thursday, February 7, 2013

White Hill Robotics Team Nabs Honor for Lost-and-Found System for Seniors

<p>From self-driving cars to drones of every stripe, robots seem to be ubiquitous these days. Wired magazine gave its Jan. 2013 cover story the simple tagline, "The Robots Take Over."</p><p>The popularity of robotics made its way to Marin long ago, as more than a half-dozen local middle and high schools have had robotics clubs for years, including the White Hill Middle School Robotics program.</p><p>But those efforts look to be ramping up even more as White Hill is capitalizing on the success of its robotics program by expanding it to include two elective classes for 7th and 8th graders in the 2013-2014 school year.</p><p>The move comes on the heels of the First Lego League NorCal Championships in Redwood City, a robotics competition that featured 47 Northern California teams that design, build and program Lego Mindstorm robots to do a series of autonomous tasks and judged on the performance of those robots.</p><p><a href="http://sananselmofairfax.patch.com/articles/white-hill-robotics-team-nabs-honor-for-lost-and-found-system-for-seniors">Keep reading...</a></p>

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