Reported by Cassie Tammy Wang
Greater Princeton AYLUS (GPA) Team Leader Steven Chi was recently selected as an assistant coach for one of the four “LEGO Robotics Team” in the West Windsor School District. He is so honored to have such an opportunity to serve his school community. Way to go, GPA Team Leader Steven Chi!
Information Provided by Steven Chi:
On Sunday, the sixth of January, one of the four West Windsor Plainsboro Education Supportive Association (WWPESA) FLL LEGO Robotics team kicked off their spring season. I – Steven Chi – was there!
This team kicked off with the coach giving the assignment to create a race car using the robot parts to go as fast as they could around a track created out of cardboard. The coach explained that transferring power from the motor to a big motor to a small motor, explaining that this gears it up, and since the small gear has fewer pegs, it would rotate faster and make the wheel spin faster as well.
Since there were only 4 bricks, I couldn’t create my own robot to show the members, so I decided to tag along with another group. When this group created a robot that didn’t have the right concept of gearing up, I showed them by creating a gear model then helping them implement it into their robot. Afterward, their robot reached really high speeds despite the fact that the robot didn’t have a rock solid structure.
Over the next few weeks, this project will be finished and others might also be done. I hope to teach the members something new and help them improve with the critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Steven Chi spent 2.5 hours to coach the LEGO Robotics Team on January 6th, and he is scheduled to volunteer as an assistant coach for 2.5 hours on the weekly basis each Sunday going forward.
