LRMS Barking Points: ‘Boe-Bot’ team prep for robot challenge

The students at Lind-Ritzville Middle School (LRMS) are finding themselves in the middle of a balancing act as they precariously juggle different components of life such as academics, family, athletics, FFA, honor society and now, robotics team.

The robotics team, with their knowledgeable advisor Lance Marquardt, is learning how to program a robot known as the “Boe-Bot” which they will enter in different competitions.

In fact, they will be competing in the Zillah Robot Challenge on Dec. 18. In the weeks precluding the competition, student participants will design and construct robots and test...