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The Cometbots' mission is to build and sustain interest in Science and Technology through Robotics and implementation of FIRST Values: Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Fun!
2024-2025 Outreach
2024-2025 Outreach
Heritage Festival (May 2024) Kids were able to drive one of our robots and see what we do on the robotics team.
EGP STEM Camp (June 2024)- planned, designed, and implemented week long summer camps based on robotics and STEM for elementary students (Free to attend)
CAD Camp (June and July 2024)- ran two, one-week long camps for middle and High school Students to learn Computer Assisted Design and its application to robotics
Summer Open Houses (June-August 2024)- opened our shop for community members to see what FIRST Robotics is all about. We ran demonstrations, took participants through game launch to final competitions, and walked participants through stations showcasing each area of FIRST and Robotics. We also invited other area FIRST teams to present their work.
Area School Open Houses (August 2024)- Provided demonstrations for community members and students on FIRST Robotics at all area middle and high schools.
Cluster Spring Elementary School Career Day (September 2024)- Volunteered to assist students at the career fair, demonstrated our robot and allowed students to use robots on a mini-course.
Harvest Festival (September 2024)- set-up demonstrations and activities for community to learn about FIRST and experience hands on STEM
CTE Showcase and Community Call to Action (October 2024)- Demonstrated our robot and shared information on FIRST Robotics
Halifax County Lights for Hope (December 2024)- Contributed to community lights display benefiting charity
"Reefscape" Launch Party (January 2025)- invited community members to participate in the launch of the FRC 2024 game "Reefscape". Including demonstrations, live stream of FIRST Launch, and planning.
IPERION X Demonstration and Presentation (January 2025)- Visited IPERION X's facilities for a tour and presented to board members on FIRST Robotics
HCHS Career and Electives Fair (February 2025)- Assisted with electives fair and demonstrated FIRST Robotics mission and STEM Education
Mentoring of HCMS Robotics Club (Spring 2025)- Worked with HCMS students to set-up a robotics club and mentored the build and competition for local robotics competition.
Youth Activities Fair (May 2025)- volunteered and demonstrated our robot and FIRST Values to the community
2023-2024 Outreach
2023-2024 Outreach
Halifax County High School and Middle School Open Houses (August 2023)
Halifax County Fair (October 2023)- We showcased FIRST Robotics and demonstrated our robot.
CTE Showcase and Community Call to Action (October 2023)- Demonstrated our robot and shared information on FIRST Robotics
Halifax County Lights for Hope (December 2023)- Contributed to community lights display benefiting charity
"Crescendo" Launch Party (January 2024)- invited community members to participate in the launch of the FRC 2024 game "Crescendo". Including demonstrations, live stream of FIRST Launch, and planning.
Youth Activities Fair (May 2024)- Shared FIRST with youth in our community and demonstrated our robot. We allowed students to practice driving our robots on a mini-course.
Heritage Festival (May 2024) We shared about our 2023 robot and season, and had a demonstration robot for kids to drive around!
2019 - 2020 Outreach
2019 - 2020 Outreach
Freshman Orientation (August 2019) The Cometbots had a table set up during the orientation event for the incoming freshman class of Halifax County High School.
Back to School Expo (August 2019) The Cometbots participated in the first and second annual Back 2 School Expo for Halifax County Public Schools. This event is open to all students to receive free school supplies. The Cometbots showed off our competition robot and also had a practice bot that other students were able to drive.
Harvest Festival (September 2019) We let members of the community drive one of our robots.
Kickoff event (January 2020) We are hosting a community event to give a tour of our shop and watch the revealing of this year's challenge live on twitch.
2018 - 2019 Outreach
2018 - 2019 Outreach
Back 2 School Expo (August 2018)
DKG meeting (October 2018) The Delta Kappa Gamma society is comprised of former and current female educators. They were impressed by our presenters and expressed a lot of interest in our team.
Night of Innovation (January 2019) A portion of our team went to our middle school and set up a demonstration of our previous season’s robot. We also brought several smaller robots for the children to drive around, so they could see what robotics is from a hands on point of view.
Career and Technical Education Expo (February 2019) We demonstrate robots and try to get other high school students interested in career and technology education.
End of Year Bash (June 2019) The school system held a year-ending party for all of the students in Halifax County. The Cometbots provided robot demonstrations, a trivia game, and a stomp rocket crafting activity.
2017 - 2018 Outreach
2017 - 2018 Outreach
Heritage Festival (May 2017) We demonstrated a robot that was able to pick up and throw a ball. Our team made a photo booth to give out souvenir pictures in exchange for a small donation.
Harvest Festival (September 30, 2017) Members of the Robotics team explained how to drive the robot and taught others how to steer. Children were given "Robot Driver's Licenses" for completing a task of driving the robot through an obstacle course created by our members. Children and adults in our community enjoyed learning about our robot and program.
Middle School visit (November 21, 2017) We visited the middle school Smart Lab and Lego Robotics classes on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017. Emmanuel, Nicholas, Armiche, and Gabby gave a presentation on our team and FIRST. Students also had a chance to drive one of our robots. (pictures below)
Touch a Truck (April 2018): about 100 people attended this event, watched our robot demonstration and even drove our practice robot.
Cub Scout meeting (April 2018): We spoke to one of our local Cub Scout Troops about safety and our season's robot, and allowed them to drive our mecanum robot.
Strawberry Fest (May 2018): As an annual event, during the start of the summer, our town puts on an event, to celebrate the harvest of fresh strawberries. We set up a booth where we answered questions about our robot, and demonstrated what we do using our 2018 competition Robot.
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