The robotics club president’s position has fallen upon Ty Cockerham, a senior at Sunlake, this year. Each week, Mr. Fernandez sponsors Ty and the other members of the team. One of the other club officers, senior Vedannt Sarker, and the club’s future president —sophomore Ian Kengott— also help with robot engineering and design. Ty says, “I decided to join the robotics club because I was interested in working with electronics and making [robots].” Ty also says it is “nice to help teach newcomers as to how we operate.” Being able to collaborate with other group members is appealing, especially when brainstorming crazy robot designs and coming up with ideas for an upcoming competition. Ty says, “We hope to be able to compete in a vex competition later this year where we have to construct a robot to compete in a game.” The hope for the club this year is to “qualify for further up competitions so we could possibly travel for a competition.” “The club has been very helpful in enhancing my robotic skills,” Ty says, and it has “also improved my [his] way of tackling problems.” One robot that Ty would like to design is one created by upgrading a power wheels car. He says “I really like the design as it can be used for transportation as well as just being an amusing idea itself.”