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Thursday May 18, 2023 hosted the 4th annual HNMCS Alumnae Chats. This event consisted of past HNMCS robotics team members to share their experiences and how robotics influenced their future. Our speakers included Julia, Melina, Pilar, Dream, and Rachel. By gaining knowledge on their current life after high school, students of HNMCS as well asContinue reading “Alumnae Chats 2023”

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”

HNMCS Robotics had an outstanding performance at the Provincial Competition over the Easter weekend at First Ontario Centre, Hamilton. During this three-day event, the team showcased how they strive to change the perspective of STEM to the executives of the FIRST Robotics Program, and they also demonstrated excellent teamwork as the drive team swerved throughContinue reading “HNMCS Robotics at Provincials”

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”

After the virtual Kickoff on January 7 of the new year, our full team watched the game videos, read the manual, discussed game strategies, and started to work on design concepts. The team worked together and built field elements through after-school team meetings. The students were able to learn more about STEM, learn how toContinue reading “Build 2023 – Week 1”