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HNMCS Robotics held their 7th annual Engineering Career Night on 26 October 2023 with Orbit Robotics! Six engineers from a variety of disciplines from mining to surgical robotics spoke about their journey from high school to the engineering profession. Some common themes were, “Know your strengths – use them to create your ‘brand’”, “Keep learningContinue reading “Engineering Career Night 2023”

This summer, HNMCS Robotics had 2 weeks of FIRST Robotics Day Camp. To prepare for the summer camp, members of HNMCS Robotics completed training with FIRST trying out the camp activities and planning for the camp as counsellors! In the 2 weeks of camp, We had over 40 registered campers! Whether the campers knew howContinue reading “2023 Summer Camps”

In 4 years HNMCS Robotics, FRC Team 7659, went from an obscure unknown team to becoming a powerhouse all-girls’ force to which teams across Canada look to model themselves by.  7659 continued to run outreach events that bring STEAM to youth both at HNMCS and beyond with the popular DropIN Coding sessions, STEM Day, STEAMContinue reading “2023 Year in Review”

On Monday 15 May and Tuesday 16 May 2023, HNMCS Robotics connected with the grade 7 class of Mangilaluk School, a school located in Tuktoyaktuk of the Northwest Territories. Together, HNMCS Robotics and the grade 7 class exchanged knowledge on coding basics and the environment in Tuktoyaktuk.  On Monday, Mr. Brown’s grade 7 class sharedContinue reading “ConnectEd 2023”

On Saturday 6 May 2023, HNMCS Robotics hosted the first-ever EmpowHER event led by girls for girls! Over 20 girls from all around Ontario joined us. The free event included FLL robot matches, icebreaker games, EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) activities, and more! To begin, the girls as a team built teamwork through completing the JEDIContinue reading “EmpowHER 2023”

During March Break after the past couple of weeks, HNMCS Robotics has been busy tweaking our 2023 robot, “Lightning Queen ” and preparing for the McMaster Event the first weekend of April.  Mechanically we have geared down our intake arm to easily manipulate cones in addition to cubes. We also replaced the belt drive withContinue reading “Preparing For Our 2nd Event”

On March 5, 2023, HNMCS Robotics broke history. As one of three all-girls teams in Canada, the team stepped up into the spotlight representing girls globally. They left the event as winners and a two-time recipient of the Engineering Inspiration Award. For the past eight weeks, HNMCS Robotics has worked hard to design and buildContinue reading “Georgian Event”

HNMCS Robotics is ready for the ONT District Georgian Event! The team put the finishing touches on the competition robot: making bumpers, autonomous programming, drive practice, and tweaking the position control on the arm using PID and the Falcon500 motor. FRC7659 is excited to present for the FIRST Impact Award as we continue to connectContinue reading “Build 2023 – Week 8”

HNMCS Robotics had a busy couple of weeks. Prototyping of the pneumatic intake arm was completed and the team started to build the competition drive train. Electrical and pneumatic components were laid out on the belly pan and the build of the intake arm was started. Team 7659 is looking forward to the first competitionContinue reading “Build 2023 – Week 6”

For build weeks 2 and 3, our team members worked on building the field elements. They took time to measure the wood and used power tools including drills and an electric saw to build the charging station. The members also successfully created the key element of the robot. For build week 4, we started driveContinue reading “Build 2023 – Week 4”