CK Cyber ​​Pack Robotics Team Ready to Roar at First Competition of Year

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CK Cyber ​​Pack Robotics Team Ready to Roar at First

Published Mar 01, 2025 • 3 minute Read

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CK Cyber ​​Pack Member Ethan Xiao, Left, Works the Controls to Demonstrate What the Team’s Robot can do, While Watched by Teammates, From Left, Casey McLaughlin, Bella Dickerson, Celynne Leach, Liam Courchaine, Coach Nate Johnson, Chris Swant and Kai Ramsden. Photo Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News JPG, CD, APSMC

The CK Cyber ​​Pack Robotics Team is Gearing Up for its first Competition in Niagara Falls and They Are Ready to Show Off Their Skills.

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The Community-Based Robotics Team, Made Up of Local High School Students and Adult Mentors, is Planning to Build on the Second Year The Team has been back since Being Shut Down by the COVVI-19 Pandemic.

Head Coach and Train High School Cyber ​​Pack Participant Nate Johnson Said the Team is “Shaping Up Way Better this Year Than Last Year” Thanks to So Returning Students Who Know How Works and What They Need to Do To Achieve Their Goals.

He Said Team Has Had About Two Months “To Take This Robot Complelly from scratch to what you see Today.”

Grade 12 Ursuline College Chatham Student Ethan Xiao has returned to be program for the team.

HAVING WORKED ON CREATING ROBOTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, Xiao is surprised at How Much the Team is Able to accomplish in such a short time.

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“At the Start of February, i’m thinking, ‘there’s no way we get it this done.’”

But The 17-Year-Old Added, “It gets done. . . I think it’s amazing. ”

CK cyber Pack Team Members Liam Courchaine, 15, Left, and Ethan Xiao, Both Ursuline College Chatham Students, Work on the Team’s Robot in preparation for their first Competition at Niagara College March 7 to 9. Photo Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News JPG, CD, APSMC

With More Experience Coming Into the Second Year, Xiao is predicting a big improvation, Becuse the team Members have a better understanding of what the component will be like.

The Local Team is part of A Non-Profit Organization Called First (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, With the Aim of Inspiring Young People to Become Stem (Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Leaders.

The CK Cyber ​​Pack Team is Heading to Niagara College for a Competition that Runs Friday to Sunday.

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CK Cyber ​​Pack Team Members Celynne Leach and Casey McLaughlin, Both 14-Year-Old Grade 9 Students from Chatham-Kent Secondary School, Work on Building A Bracket for a Safety Light on the Team’s Robot To Sit Higher Up. Photo Ellwood Shreve/Chatham Daily News JPG, CD, APSMC

This will be the First Competition for New Team Member Celynne Leach, 14, and she is Looking Forward to It.

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“I’m really excited just to see all of the robots and see how to does,” Said the grade 9 Student at Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

Being Part of the CK Cyber ​​Pack Team Aligns Well with What Leach Enjoys Doing.

“I’ve always been very interested in science and math and the always like to build Things and Figure Out Things Work,” She Said.

However, she admitted having to build a robot so Quickly was a little overwhelming at first, but she has settled in as the project has progressed.

She will Definitely be back next year.

“I Just Loving Doing Things and Being Busy and I Just Think I Learn So Much Coming here,” Leach Said. “I Just Think That’s Very Valuable.”

Xiao First Joined A Robotics Team As Student at St. Anne’s Catholic Elementary School in Blenheim Comparting in the Lego Robotics Program, and Looked Forward to Join the CK Cyber ​​Pack.

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“I really Enjoy the Competitions,” He Said.

Xiao also Enjoys Interacting With Students Who Share The Same Interest in Technology.

“They are all amazing people and it’s just been fun meeting everyone,” he said.

Johnson is Glad to be a part of Bringing the Local Robotics Team Back.

“It was something that i really enjoyed through high school and i was really sad to see it killed during covid, so I Wanted to Give More Students that experience.”

Johnson Said Being Part of the Team Teaches Students Valuable Life Skills included collaboration and creative thinking.

“It Helps the Students Figure Out How To Take Something from an idea to a product,” He Said.

The CK Cyber ​​Pack Team is also LOOKING FORWARD TO A MAJOR COMPETITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR FROM MARCH 27 TO 29 With Goal of Earning A Spot in the Provincial Competition. Ultimately, The Team Hopes to make it to the World Championship in Houston, Texas, Which Could Cost About $ 25,000.

However, The Team Receives No Funding from Local School Boards, So They Rely on Fundraising, Especially If Successful in Advancing to Higher Levels of Competition.

Dr. Mark Dickerson, A Platinum Sponsor of the Team, Said there are Many Societal Benefits from Having More than 8,000 Students on Over 200 Robotics Teams Across Canada.

He Said First Robotics Alumni Are Twice As Likely To Major in Science or Engineering, More than 88 per cent have more interest in school and 92 per cent are more interestd in Going on to post-secretary education.

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