Robotics Demo at Northrop
Celina Hidalgo, 12, left, and sister Makayla, 11, from the JV Beach Bots Girls Team of Hope Chapel Academy in Hermosa Beach, make adjustments on their LEGO NXT robot Thursday. Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach hosted local middle and high school students Thursday for National Engineers Week. The students participated in an interactive robotics demonstration. Earlier in the week, some students teamed with Northrop engineers to build satellite models out of cans. Northrop is helping sponsor National Engineers Week 2008, an effort by 75 engineering, professional and technical societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies to excite grade-school students about careers in math and science.
Ryan, sister Jennifer and members of Redondo Union and Mira Costa High's FIRST Tech Challenge team, operate ring retrieval robot remote controllers.
Ryan Sharp, 16, left, and sister Jennifer, 14, members of Redondo Union and Mira Costa High's FIRST Tech Challenge team operate a ring retrieval robot with Northrup Grumman mentor Rick Wagner.
The robot went undefeated in a recent competition.