Whiz Kids
Whiz Kids: The MVMMS Robot Building and Wielding Team
The team won awards at a state championship for their programming and driving skills.
Melrose Patch Whiz Kids of the Week Submitted by James Horne of Melrose First Robotics: Meghan and Chloe are joined by Austin Swank, a freshman at Lexington Voc Tech and supported by John Wright, Mike Festa, and Mike Groark as mentors. James Horne was the spark plug for the team. We also had help from last year's mentor Kevin Hegarty. The students met several times during the holiday break at the ReMax/Heritage office in downtown Melrose, and the Melrose Public library so that we could have a warm place to work while the school was shut down. They have done an awesome job. We drove the robot around and tested it last night, we think we should be able to score points in both autonomous (no human control), and teleoperated mode (human …
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