6 year old girls teaching the President about robots??
See the original article on MotherJones.com here On Monday, President Obama made his annual rounds at the White House Science Fair. The event is a breeding ground for adorable interactions with kid-nerds (See 2012's marshmallow-shooting air cannon), but his chat...
BEAST Continues to Mentor FLL
Daniel is a member of FIRST Team 2202 BEAST Robotics. He is a freshman this year and new at Brookfield Central High School. Daniel enjoyed participating so much in FIRST LEGO League (FLL) for 5 years that he decided to mentor Team 9486 C.L.A.S.S. at Heritage...
Wisconsin Regional Winner!
Brookfield’s BEAST Robotics Team Wins Regional, Earns Spot at Nationals BROOKFIELD, March 24, 2014 -- Over the weekend, sixty Robotics teams from across the nation competed for a spot in this year’s national competition. The BEAST Robotics team, made up...
One Down One to GO!
It's been busy! The final two weeks of build season were a whirl of planning, long hours, teamwork, dedication, and some BEAST fun. The business team stayed at Brookfield East until just before 1 am to finish the necessary award submissions for this year. Then the...
We’re Halfway There
The 2014 build season is passing so much faster than we anticipated! Every meeting we tweak, saw, hammer, cut, and measure our way through the build process. The brainstorming section of our season is over because we have narrowed down all of our prototypes and are...
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Getting Things Done!
This week, all the teams were hard at work building, testing and redesigning major prototypes for the robot. Drills and saws echoed around the wood shop as the field team set up both the high goal and the low goal for a practice game field, while another team tested...
BEAST Alumni Build Sweet Gaming Chair
What sort of life skills can you learn by being a part of BEAST Robotics? Apparently, all the best ones, like how to build your own gaming chair for the fraction of the cost of buying one. You heard me right. It's pretty incredible too. A BEAST alum from two seasons...
Kick Off here we come!
BEAST robotics had its last pre-season meeting last week - that means our team is all set and skills are learned to prepare our new students for the build season. The team is anxious to get started brain storming and building a robot to compete, not just practice...
Kickoff, closer than you think
Kickoff is closing in with only 24 days left in the preseason! Knowing the deadline is only 3 weeks away; our team is rushing to finish their preseason learning and experimental projects. The 6 and 4 wheel chassis robots are coming to a close with only a few...