New Robotics Cage Leaves Students Guessing

Recently, the Robotics class has put up an interesting net cage that has left students confused about its purpose. Students ponder what this cage is for, as it has signs requesting they “do not touch”. 

Robotics students claim that this mysterious cage is for coding and flying drones around. 

“The robotics drone cage is used to fly the drones and test our code for them,” freshman Lizette Gutierrez-Solis exclaimed. 

Many non-robotics students don't see how this new addition could be fun and exciting, but robotics students think otherwise. 

“Well, one of the best things about the drones is that you have the option to either code the drone or just fly it on your own. When you code it, you can control the height, left and right, or like, its spin, but when you fly it manually, you have the option to make the drone do a flip,” sophomore Maryam Soliman continued. “So even like when you're either coding or flying manually, you have a lot of options and things to do with the drone.”

This new space can also provide robotics students with a safe environment to practice coding, testing, and flying their drones.

“It gives us an area to use our drones, and to experiment with them without the danger of damaging the drone itself, getting hurt, or damaging other things around us,” Lizette assured. 

While many robotics students are used to coding, drones add a new dimension and experience to the robotics program. 

“The students in the robotics program are very used to coding, but this is different from the stuff we usually do. The drones move in ways that our robots don't,” Lizette said. “I’m pretty sure it won’t ever become the main focus in robotics, but more like an addition to the program that offers a new experience to the robotics students.”