For the next eight weeks, students from Suttons Bay, Northport, and Lake Leelanau St. Mary high schools will be designing, strategizing, and constructing this year’s competition robot at the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition challenge released Jan. 4.
This year’s ocean-themed game requires their robot to remove “algae” (large kickballs) and add “coral” (4-inch PVC pipe) to a large “reef” structure. Additionally, at the end of the game, it must be able to grasp onto a steel cage and lift itself up to return to the “ocean” surface.
Since Norsemen Robotics began in 2011, the goal has been to sustain a robotics program which provides high school students with a proficient background in technology, a strong networking base, and exceptional leadership skills that will follow them through their post high school education and careers.
