Robotics

All-Sparks Robotics Cap Off Strong 2012 Season

Jesuit’s All-Sparks Robotics Team looked to make a deep run in regional robotics competitions this year. After strong performances in San Antonio and New Orleans tourneys, where the Jesuit All- Sparks Robotics Team made it to the semifinals and...

Robotics Tournament Over Spring Break: No Regrets

As March Madness ensues, sports fans all over America remain attached to their television sets praying their team makes it to the Final Four. The Jesuit Robotics team has had a little March Madness of its own. Jesuit’s robotics...

Grinding My Gears: Robotics Competition 2012

The New York Knicks’ Tyson Chandler may be shooting 71% from the floor this year, but has the reader ever seen a robot shoot a basketball? On March 2, our Jesuit Robotics team, the All Sparks, will be heading...

All-Sparks Perform Well at Houston Competition

Three Jesuit VEX teams traveled to Houston last weekend, November 19 and 20, 2011, to compete in the Veteran Division of the 2011 VEX Houston Robotics Competition.  This fall’s competition let robots pick up spheres and barrels and put...

Robotics T-Shirt Canon is a Hit

This fall, the Jesuit Robotics Club built a t-shirt canon that they debuted at Ranger Day before putting it in action at the Homecoming football game and the bi-district playoff game. The robotics club excited the Ranger Day crowd...

Jesuit Robotics: A Season Preview

The Jesuit Robotics team is back this year 2011-2012 for another season of building robots and traveling to competitions.  Coming off the most successful year in the club’s 4-year history, hopes are high for another entry into the FIRST...

Jesuit Robotics Wins Silver at San Antonio

The robotics club had its first FRC competition last weekend. This year’s challenge involves the robots picking up inflated tubes in the shapes of triangles, circles, and squares and placing them on horizontal pegs on a wall. The bonus challenge...

Robotics Club Traveling the Country

The Jesuit Robotics Club has been a part of the Jesuit tradition for three years now.  We travel as far as Atlanta, Georgia and San Antonio, Texas, to compete against high school students from around the world.  We make...