article in local paper

Article in local paper about a project we work on with local high school kids 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/community/kettering/fairmont-students-learn-robot-skills-955144.html

Fairmont students learn robot skills

By Adele Koehnen, Contributing Writer

3:29 PM Thursday, September 30, 2010

Three men at Triangle Precision Industries located in the Delco Business Park have taken mentoring a step further by helping Fairmont High School seniors design and execute a robot for competition next month.

“Under David Lord, project teacher of Lead The Way at Fairmont, six seniors and one junior come three days a week to our shop to study last year’s robot and work on a design of their own,” said Tim Friedman, a computer numerical control supervisor at Triangle.

The students learned that a design must be manufacturable and not give off any debris or metal parts that may cause injury. The expertise of Lee Danner, a lathe operator, and Brian Thompson, a welder at Triangle, helps the students in the making of the robot.

Competition among other high schools in the Greater Miami Valley is what generates the incentive and enthusiasm to design and build the best robot they can, said Lord, a Fairmont teacher for 15 years.

“This group will be replaced with another group of seniors for the spring competition. A junior is included in the group for learning what’s going on for the next year. After the robot project the seniors work on an original project of their own,” Lord said.

Triangle Precision Industries is a member of the Dayton Tooling Manufacturing Association, which has a four-year apprentice program that includes on-job training and related classroom time. Friedman is a graduate of the Greene County Vocational School and has worked at Triangle Industries since 1992.

The Association will hold its annual show Oct. 20-21 at the Dayton Airport Expo Center. The public is invited to see the latest in technologies, trends, products and solutions. And the high school students and their robots get to fight it out with their custom-built remote-controlled robots.

“It’s called BOTS, and it’s an event not to be missed,” Friedman said.

The show is free and the hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 20, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 21. For more, call Friedman at (937) 299-6776, ext.116.

Contact this columnist at (937) 433-1552 or adeleauk4737@sbcglobal.net.

this is about a project my shop works with the local high school on building a robot to fight in competition twice a year.

really cool stuff, we have as much fun as the kids do.