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           Welcome to Mount Michael Benedictine's Robotics home page. Our program is geared for both Jr. High Students as well as High School students. Our program is open to girls and boys from both public and private schools.
Jr. High (6th - 8th Grades)
High School
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Our Jr. High program is open to teams of 2-4 students who will build a robot for and compete in the same game, Quad Quandary, as our high school program. The rules have been slightly modified to allow for simpler designs appropriate for 6th - 8th grade students making it a fun and rewarding experience for everyone.

The cost is only $100/team as the bulk of the cost has been covered by our generous sponsors.The program runs most Saturdays from 10AM-2PM from November – January.

For some of the prior years activities watch this video. You can also check out our photo gallery: One - Two.

To join all you need to do is get a coach (no technical experience required), fill out an individual registration form for everyone on your team and a team registration form. Submit per the instructions on the forms. Registration is open in October and teams start to build in November. (Individual registrations are accepted and we will make every effort to find a team for you. However space if very limited and full team registrations are preferred and take precidence.)

Our High School program is open to teams of 3-10 students who will build and program a robot to compete in this years challenge, Quad Quandary.

Mount Michael sponsors a limited number of teams each year and the $200 team entry fee not only covers the use of all hardware, software and robotics equipment, but also covers your registration with FIRST as well as the entry fee into the Midwest FTC Championship held at Mount Michael February, 16th, 2008. For additional events check out our calendar of events.

We are able to offer this opportunity at such a low cost because the bulk of the cost has been covered by our generous sponsors

Check out this video to see some of the action from last years challenge. Take a look at the Myth Busters review of the VEX Robotics kits used in our program.

To join all you need to do is get a coach (no technical experience required), fill out an individual registration form for everyone on your team and a team registration form. Submit per the instructions on the forms. Registration is open in September for returning teams and in October for new teams. (If space is available.Only team registrations are accepted and please remember space is limited.)

If your team is already registered keep current on lab times by reviewing our Lab Schedule (Word Doc).

In addition to the annual Championship Event held at Mount Michael each year our robotics program sponsors and/or helps coordinate a number of other events during the year. Check out this year's calendar of events.

To register for any of these events simply go to our registration system , click on the Calendar tab and do a search for events in NE. Then follow the online directions. Please note that all our events (except for the FTC Championship Event) are free and registration is on a first come first served basis. We are able to offer these events because of our generous sponsors .

If you have already registered for this year's Championship event keep current on the status of this years tournament by visiting our FTC Championship home page.