Cook County's Lego League

On Monday October 7th 9 boys from the Cook County Middle School met with 5 adults to start the first annual Lego League.  The goal of First Lego League International  is to inspire children around the world to work together, use their creativity, and engage in real world problems and opportunities.  Most of all this is a great way to have fun and learn a lot. 

The start of Cook County's Lego League included accepting a challenge, CitySights! from First Lego League International.  Actually, it is a two part challenge including research and engineering of various robots with legos to accomplish their assigned tasks.  You can read more about the challenge by clicking on the logo to the right.

One of the first steps is to set up the course over which the robots will operate. 

This is the mat that makes up the course boundaries.  All projects done by the robot will take place on this playing field.

A big part of the job is finding the right pieces for the project.

Week 2

The second week began with us familiarizing ourselves with the RCX (brain of the robot).  The team worked on preparing the course, building the robot, or programming the RCX.

We took some time to put together a team picture. 

Team Members include (not in order):

Max Simonowicz, Clay Gruber-Schulz, Devann Pauling, Sebastian Schnobrich, Dene Taylor, Max Asche, Nolan Dwyer, Enzo Sa, and Cody Carlson

Enzo working on a program for the RCX.