20 DRIVE “GINGKO” AT LACEY STEM FAIR MAY 7, 2016

Twenty kids, ages 4 to 56, drove our student-built robot “Gingko”, our four mecanum wheeled side sliding wonder at the Lacey STEM Fair.  One 7 year old girl said, “I love your robot. I even parked it.”

Our high school students built “Gingko” from scratch as our yearly testbed robot in December 2015.  The students decided to make the robot using mecanum wheels, each of which have small rollers around its edges that allow the robot to slide sideways.  Students named the robot after the “Gingko Petrified Forest”.

Four students, six volunteers, and five dozen visitors attended on behalf of 4-H “Aldernating Current” Team 5295 FIRST Robotics of Mason County, primarily composed of students with the Shelton High Robotics Club.  Students: Brayden, Hunter, Jaeden, and Kiery.  Volunteers: P.Cusack, K.Hansen, C.&G.Inman, A.Walker, and Coach J.Wright.