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SUBWAY RIDE TO SUCCESS
More than a dozen students from Morris High School took the subway from the South Bronx to Columbia's campus to build a robot. For eight weeks, the team worked every day after school and on weekends. Under the guidance of Bob Stark, manager of the Mechanical Engineering laboratory, the team strategized, designed and built a robot. "The contest was more than just building a robot," said Stark. "It also involved strategy." The robot was built to move across a playing court, spin 360 degrees, raise itself up to a height of six feet on a scissors jack and sink basketball-sized rubber balls through a net. The contest is sponsored by the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Foundation, with more than 400 schools participating nationwide. The Morris High robot was entered in the regional competition at Rutgers University. The Bronx students won The Judges' Award, given to the team that has overcome notable challenges in order to achieve a high level, and the Presidential Classroom Scholarship Award, given to the team captain. "We have really made a difference," said Vice Dean Morton B. Friedman, "because these students have been able to apply in the lab what they learned in the classroom." The University will host the next regional Robotics Design Competition on campus in March, 2001.
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