By Ty Hammerstrom
Team Member

The Tahoma Robotics Club, Bear Metal, was a finalist in the Curie division of the FIRST Robotics Worlds Competition April 22-25 in St. Louis, Mo.

The robot challenge this year was called, “Recycle Rush.”

FIRST Robotic Competition teams consist of students in grades 9-12. Students work in the area of design, fabrication, programming, electronics, audio/visual/media, blog and grant writing. These subteams have to work together to build a robot in a six-week time frame.

The team will lose half of its members to graduating seniors. To keep this team around for many years to come they are encouraging anyone who has an interest in manufacturing, wiring, programing, design, audio/visual/media, blogging and grant writing to get involved.

Bear Metal will hold a Robotics Camp June 22-26. To learn more go to http://tahomarobotics.org/. Bear Metal will also be at in Maple Valley Days, June 13 -14, stop by to see this year’s robot, “Maverick.”