Title:
The Gunn Robotics Team
"G-Force and Ladder Logic"

Abstract:

"What do you get when you confine 40 teenagers to a dark room for six weeks with no sleep and nothing to eat except sawdust and sheet metal? What happens when otherwise normal young people shave their heads and start carrying big power tools? How can one robot save the world? This is your chance to meet a group of students that even Jerry Springer wouldn't mess with -- this is your chance to meet the GUNN ROBOTICS TEAM!"

Come see the story of GRT's participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition held at Epcot Center in Orlando this past April. The annual competition, created by MIT Professor Woodie Flowers and entrepreneur/engineer Dean Kamen, included a robotics battle, an animation competition, and a community citizenship outreach award. GRT members will demonstrate the robot and tell what it's like to test your engineering project in front of ten thousand screaming people.