St. Mark's Robotics Team
Welcome to the St. Mark's School of Texas Robotics website. Robotics offers a unique opportunity for student to apply normally hypothetical subjects to concrete fields, mixing engineering, physics, probability, and computer science to construct a robot worthy of a daunting challenge presented each year.
The St. Mark’s Robotics Team is competing yet again in the BEST Robotics Competition, which involves building robots to complete a set of tasks in situations that differ each year. For the 2008 competition, the robots are assigned the task of assembling an airplane in a simulated aircraft factory.
The program was founded in 1993, and St. Mark’s has participated in FIRST from 1994 to 2001. Additionally, we began participating in Botball, an autonomous robot-building competition, in 2003.
Team members rely on extensive after-school and free period work to accomplish their goals, often making robotics into a very large extracurricular activity. This dedication sets robotics apart as one of the leading voluntary clubs at our school in terms of the number of students who attend it and the time commitment required. However, the joy of companionship, the expanding of intellectual and creative horizons, the fever of competition, and the satisfaction of victory are what make it worthwhile to be part of the robotics team.
About the St. Mark's Robotics Team
team awards
- 3rd Place Dallas BEST 2007
- 3rd Place Dallas BEST 2006
- Dallas BEST Award 2006
- Represented Dallas BEST at Texas BEST since 2003
- 4th Place Texas BotBall 2006
- 2005 Texas Botball State Champions
- Most Elegant Award at Dallas BEST Hub 2004
related links
St. Mark's School of Texas Website
Headmaster Arnold Holtberg
Science Department Chair Stephanie Barta
Mentors Mike Genecov and Justin Perkins
Coaches
Head Coach Doug Rummel
Assistant Coch Fletch Carron
The St. Mark's Robotics Team was started in 1993 under Richard Abbondanzio. In 1994, the team won Rookie of the Year for the FIRST competition. The Lions teamed up with various partners over the years for the FIRST contests: University of Texas at Dallas, Southern Methodist University, and Lennox Industries, while attending the National Championships through 2000. In 2001, the Lions started participating in the local BEST contest sponsored by Raytheon, Texas Instruments, Boeing, and Accenture. Doug Rummel has been the lead robotics coach since joining St. Mark's in 1998.
Team Members:
Will Ferenc - Team President
Seniors:
Will Ferenc
Michael Bulkley
Michael McPherson
Alex Herblin
Juniors:
Hayden Anderson
Matthew Dalton
Webb Horn
Arya Mehrabanzad
Lyle McDonald
Andrew Kovacs
Rahul Roy
Sophomores:
Max Weisbrod
Lincoln Kneely
Freshmen:
Alex Rothkrug
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