Danny Maas (left) spoke about recent successes of the Torrey Pines High School Robotics Club, the Millennium Falcons, at the regional and national levels (Team photo credit- The Del Mar Times)
Daniel Maas, a Junior at Torrey Pines High School (TPHS), joined our November 30, 2017 meeting to thank our club for its support of the TPHS Robotics Club, the Millennium Falcons. The club has grown significantly in the past few years, and now numbers 35 members. They compete in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Competition (or, as FIRST likes to refer to it, “Coopertition” that emphasizes teaching and learning from teammates to assist and enable the success of others). In 2017, the Falcons won the San Diego regional competition and advanced to the FIRST finals in Houston, where they reached the semifinals. The club is looking forward to the January release of this year’s robot task and will start building their robot soon after. Support from Rotary Club of Del Mar is instrumental for the club to secure the necessary equipment to build their robot and travel to compete at the national level.