FHS Robotics Hosts Its First Comp At Home!

A picture of all the robotics members with their robots

Throughout out the year, members of the FHS robotics teams have worked diligently to create their robots with the limited funds and resources available to them. They were supported by club advisors Dr. Bitko and Mr. Catzer. Students could be found in the robotics room multiple days a week, tinkering and building.

Their efforts paid off on February 22nd when the club finally hosted their first VEX robotics competition at their home school. The competition was a huge success - with a total of 39 robots from various schools across New Jersey participating. It was an important milestone for our school to be able to host our very own competition.

And the robotics club was not alone.Various JROTC volunteers came to provide support and help out. When asked about his feelings on the competition, Major Chen from JROTC responded, “It was an exciting and memorable opportunity. “ 

Another interviewee was Rohan Kalidas, President of the club.

Q: What was the biggest challenge when organizing and hosting the competition?

A: “I feel the biggest challenge we faced was planning the events and bringing everything together because we had no prior experience doing it. We had to figure it out as we went along.”

Q: How did you feel during and after the competition?

A: “The competition was very exciting and fun. There was a lot of worked involved but it was rewarding. There was a lot of adrenaline and enthusiasm”

Q: What did you find most exciting?

A: “I found all the matches but especially our team matches, very exciting.”

Q: How do you think being able to host this competition will impact the club in the future?

A: “I believe this will lead to more opportunities for us in the future and that hopefully we’ll be able to host more events like this.”