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FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Challenge is the oldest of three divisions of FIRST LEGO League, and the stepping stone from middle school through FIRST Tech Challenge to the highest level of robotics competition, FIRST Robotics Competition Teams such as HNMCS Senior School Robotics team, FRC Team 7659. The robotics programs of FIRST are designed toContinue reading “FLL Challenge Mississauga Qualifying Tournament”

Team 7659 is ready and excited for Ruckus 2022 we have from October 21st to 22nd in Rochester, NY! We are building team spirit with our new members; one of the initiatives we’ve been working on is making matching team bracelets for the upcoming competition. In other exciting news, our team has also started afterContinue reading “Getting Ready for Robot Ruckus 2022”

FRC 7659 has had an eventful 2021-2022. Here is a recap of all the events we have hosted and participated in this year. In October 2021 we had our first event: Engineering Career night! We heard from those who are currently working in the engineering field. Though the event was online our audience was fromContinue reading “End of Year Recap”

Our team has taken the time to practice coding and driving the robot! Friday, April 1st some team members went off-site to drive the robot in a field. We worked on troubleshooting any issues that came up, team spirit and, of course, we practiced driving the robot! The team had a great time and weContinue reading “Drive Practice”

After nearly 29 months since our last in-person competition, FRC Team 7659 HNMCS Robotics has finally returned to the playing field! On Sunday, March 6th, 2022, Team 7659 attended Day 2 of the Humber College District Event, along with 16 other teams from across Ontario. The drive team, consisting of four students ranging from grContinue reading “Humber College”

The time has come for our 2022 season robot reveal! See below for the video and do not forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel FRC 7659 HNMCS Robotics.

Build season has officially begun! After collaboratively designing a plan and earning safety badges work for the robot has begun. After 5 hours of CNCing at KTool, our climbing hook was cut. Here are some other photos from the build season. Some other highlights from building so far were that our grade 9’s were ableContinue reading “Build Update”

On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Team 7659 met virtually to celebrate the start of the 2022 competitive season! While the team initially planned to meet in person due to COVID restrictions, this was not possible. The theme for this season was Rapid React. The session began with a definition of kickoff and FIRST terminology forContinue reading “Kickoff 2022”

The fourth annual business brunch was a huge success where HNMCS Robotics in collaboration with Orbit Robotics hosted over 40 youth from grades 7 to 12 on Saturday 27 November, 2021. Business Brunch is an interactive event where graduates with connections to business careers speak with students to discuss their unique pathways to a careerContinue reading “Business Brunch”

Engineering Career Night is a great opportunity for students to meet with recent graduates and experts in the engineering field to learn about their education, work, career, and their experience.  This year, we invited Tanya Parrag, a chemical engineer, Kim von Eicken, a civil engineer,  Darian Petrisca, an environmental engineer, Hilbert Li, a manufacturing engineer,Continue reading “Engineering Career Night”