Team Picture

About The Program

 Our program allows high school students, who are currently homeschooling, to understand the various aspects of the engineering process. Depending on the sub-team in which the students are placed, they may improve skills in using tools useful for constructing the robot or booth, learn how to cooperate through teamwork, appreciate good communication between sub-teams, be successful in fundraising, and recognize the importance of public relations. In addition, if they are placed in the notebook sub-team, the students writing skills can be greatly improved, and students assigned to the electronics sub-team learn how to program the robot. Furthermore, if they are designated to the booth sub-team, the student has an excellent chance to grow artistically. Students are also encouraged to tryout for driving the robot on Game Day. Wichita Homeschool enables any student to specialize in some aspect of robot design, construction, and programming, and it provides them with necessary skills that can be used later in their lives and in their careers.



Our Student Leadership

Seth Peniston

Robot Manager

Jeremiah Shlittenhardt

Student President

Elijah Rader

BEST Manager

These are the students who run the team day to day. They have the final say in what happens on the robot and BEST side of the team. They are also in charge of keeping the team motivated and on task.



Our Process


Week 1

Rules and Brainstorming

 We start the season by reading both the general and game specific rules to find our parameters. After every student had read the rules and understood them, we moved on to the brainstorming phase. During brainstorming, students' ideas are considered no matter how silly they may seem. These ideas are then voted down until there are only one or two designs remaining.

Week 2

The Building Begins

 After the team has decided on a few robot ideas, they are ready to begin building. The Robot side is divided into subteams which are the upper robot subteam who does the claw and arm of the robot, the lower robot subteam who does chassis and wheels, and the electronics subteam who programs the robot. Meanwhile on the BEST side, students are breaking out into their respective subteams such as booth, notebook, presentation, and CAD.

Week 3

Design Review

 By the third Saturday of the competition, our team has built a robot that is ready to be tested. We experiment with the robot on the game field to learn where our robot both excels and fails. The students will then hold a design review meeting to discuss how we should improve the robot.

Week 4

Implementing Changes

 Work on the robot steadily continues. The brainstormed improvements made during the design review are now implemented to the robot.

Week 5

Practice Day

 On Practice Day, our team is able to see how the robot compares to robots of the other teams. It is fascinating to see the unique ideas each team has used on their robots. After the event has ended, the team holds another design review to discuss what changes need to be made in order to compete against the other teams.

Week 6

Final Design Review

 Our team held a final design review where the team noted every change that had been made since the first design review and why these changes had been made.

Week 7

Game Day

 Finally the day has arrived to compete! While a few students drive the robot on the game floor, the rest of the team stands in the bleachers cheering them on. This is what the team has been working for nonstop; making it clear that our team has built the best robot possible. Win or lose we give all the glory to God.


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