Last year, Aaron Bongiorno (’26, ME) was competing with a 第一个 机器人 team. This year, he’s answering teams’ questions about their builds.

Bongiorno is one of 17 Kettering students who participated in 第一个’s annual Robot in Three Days Challenge by building a robot designed to play in the 2022 第一个 机器人 Competition (FRC) Game, 快速的反应. 这款游戏于1月8日发布. 8 during a virtual kickoff.

“Having just graduated high school, I have been watching Robot in Three Days streams before, and I actually used them on my robotics teams as an influence of what to do and what not to do, so it seemed like a really cool opportunity to be able to do it here at Kettering,邦乔尔诺说. “I don’t think I have any of the answers for the questions they might be asking, but doing it for four years in a row with the FRC, it’s been nice to spread the knowledge that I’ve learned throughout the years to help other teams that just need a little bit of guidance.”

快速的反应 is part of the 2022 season, 第一个提出, which is inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal No. 9 to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, 促进创新. 为此目的, 第一个提出 calls for students to overcome transportation challenges with forward-thinking technological innovations of the future. 

在快速反应中, robots start on their respective tarmacs with preloaded cargo, then deliver the loads to specific points and collect additional cargo. The robots can get assistance from players at the terminal and earn points for reaching various hanger rungs before the match is over.

Kettering’s build has been livestreamed during the 72 hours, and students answered questions from high school students submitted via email or social media comments or messages throughout the build.

科尔·乔丹(23年，缅因州) has been able to add some of his Kettering classroom experience to this build because he now understands more of the mechanics behind the systems used in the build instead of just how to use them, 他说. Participating in these builds also has allowed him to work on elements of the robots he didn’t get to explore during his 第一个 days.

高中的时候, I sort of focused on one side of the robot, 但在这里, with the limited time and the limited people, you get to help out in a lot of different areas, and you get to learn a lot of new things from all of the other students that are here from robotics teams that did things a little differently than yours,乔丹说. 

He also enjoys helping the high school teams.

“We watch ourselves to make sure we do things right, 尤其是在镜头前, and we don’t want to set a bad example,乔丹说. “这是不错的. I think you really feel respected, and it’s really nice to have someone ask a question, then you answer it and see them come back and thank you.”

Teams can access videos from the build by visiting http://www.youtube.com/c/FirstUpdatesNow/videos.