Organized by MIT and facilitated by the school of Engineering at Cal State Long Beach, the program called Zero Robotics gives middle school students from across the country a chance to put their skills to the test.
Our participating Paramount MESA students learned a specialized coding language that once uploaded to the International Space Station (ISS), would control a robotic satellite. Over the course of the summer, students would write, test, and refine their code through online simulators at Cal State Long Beach. On the morning of August 3rd teams from across the country uploaded their code to the astronauts on the ISS and the contest began.
The code that controlled the motion of the ISS satellite was judged on accuracy in the zero gravity of space. After nearly all teams were tested, our students from Hollydale led by Alicia Ledezma and Christine Bakkers was up. The astronaut uploaded their code and initiated their sequence. A perfect satellite performance by the Hollydale team put them in first place, winning the competition!
Please join me in congratulating our MESA students and advisors for an outstanding effort in Zero Robotics.
The MESA program is available to all students from grades 6 through12. Students interested in joining can contact the MESA teacher/advisors on each PUSD middle and high school campuses.