Robotics

@SMblyRequired

SMbly Required high school robotics team was founded in 2015 to
provide students with the unique experience of working as an engineering
team to build a robot and compete at the world level.

Members of the team can be involved and gain experience in:

Business/Marketing
Computer Aid Designing (CAD)
Engineering
Programming
Manufacturing
Community outreach

Through FIRST robotics students gain:

Access to over $50 million in scholarships
Obtain real world engineering skills
Work one-on-one with professional mentors
Receive hands on experience
Become part of an alumni network to aid them in the process of obtaining internships and careers in their future.

FIRST Robotics Competitions are a combination of a sporting event, tech convention, NASCAR pit crew, business networking, film festival, costume party, and rock concert all rolled into one. If that sounds fun to you, contact:

Mr. Chase LeBanc at robotics@smhs.org or stop by Room G117 after school on Mondays through Fridays from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. to check out the team in action.

For more information regarding the team, follow @SMblyRequired5805 on Instagram and @SMblyRequired on Twitter!

Team Overview

Team History

SMbly Required, FIRST team 5805, all began with the inclusion of robotics into Santa Margarita Catholic High School's curriculum during the 2014-2015 school year. During that year, the students in the robotics class became interested in and founded SMbly Required began the journey with Vex competitions prior to the FRC season. Through learning about robotics on the go, and developing a team through the enthusiasm and excitement of the students, FIRST team 5805 was created for the 2015-2016 school year. over the past five years, the team has grown from a small group of students dedicated to VEX to 32 students who are passionate about STEM and enjoys FIRST robotics.

Mission Statement

The mission of SMbly Required, a student let robotics team, is to create a welcoming programt hat allows students and members of the community to explore STEM through the process of designing, manufactureing, assembling, and programming. Students, teachers, mentors, and volunteers with various backgrounds utilize their collective skills to work as a unified team. With the help of mentors, students are able to ahve a real-life engineering experience, acquire and master different skills, develop interest and passion, and have fun under the program.

Awards

This Year's Game

This year, FIRST has teamed up with Disney and Lucasfilm to launch the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) game, INFINITE RECHARGE, as a part of the Star Wars: Force for Change initiative. The game centers around a futuristic city theme involving two alliances, consisting of three teams each, competing to perform various tasks: shooting foam balls known as Power Cells into high and low goals to activate a Shield Generator, manipulating a Control Panel to activate this shield, and returning to the Shield Generator to park or climb at the end of the match. The objective of the game is to activate the shield before asteroids strike FIRST City, modeled after Star Wars.

For more information about the FIRST RISE Challenge, check out the FIRSTInspires website and the game release video here.