History

- Established: MHS 2012 -
The Marion Area Robotics Society is a high school club with 3 teams. Since 2011, MARS Robotics has grown thanks to Mark Wallace & Andrew Margherio starting from a small group of individuals in a small classroom setting. Later in 2015 a complete infrastructure overhaul at our local high school provided us a stem lab with more room. The stem lab is a designated area where students can work on their robots. Mentorship & Community Involvement is constantly growing, along with past students coming in and volunteering as alumni. MARS Robotics is a strong extracurricular activity at Marion High School that teaches students engineering, code, and good sportsmanship.

Ohm's Olympians

FTC Team 6206

Members

Olympian Team Members

Matt

Builder

A Senior 3rd year in robotics. Greek name Hades.

Wyatt

Builder and Notebook

A Freshman 1st year in robotics. Greek name Ares. Involved in marching band and jazz band.

Andrew

Builder, Tool Safety and Notebook

A Senior 4th year in robotics. Greek name Apollo.


Corey

Builder

A Junior 2nd year in robotics.

Alex

Programmer

A Sophomore 2nd year in robotics. Greek name Dionysus.

Jon

Builder

A Senior 4th year in robotics. Greek name Poseidon.


Corbin

Builder

A Sophomore 2nd year in robotics. Greek name Hermes.

Xander

Programmer

A Sophomore 1st year in robotics. Greek name Hephaestus.

Connor

Builder

A Sophomore 2nd year in robotics. Greek name Pan.


Brandon

Builder

A Junior 3rd year in robotics. Greek name Heracles.

Awards

Our Previous Awards & Accomplishments!

Ring It Up (2012-2013)

Rockwell-Collins Innovate Award (Lebanon, IL Qualifier)

Rockwell-Collins Innovate Award (Chicago, IL State)

FTC Block Party (2013-2014)

Finalist Alliance Partner (Marion, IL Qualifier)

Finalist Alliance Captain (Argenta, IL Qualifier)

Cascade Effect (2014-2015)

Connect Award (Rolla, MO Qualifier)

FTC Res-Q (2015-2016)

2nd Alliance Captain (Cape Girardeau, MO Qualifier)

Division Winner (Cape Girardeau, MO Qualifier)

Winning Alliance Captain (Cape Girardeau, MO Qualifier)

FTC Velocity Vortex (2016-2017)

World Championship Wildcard Participant (St. Louis, MO Championship)




Community Outreach

MARS teams make a difference in the community of Marion, Illinois. Ways the teams have reached out include:

• Robotics Summer Camp at the Marion Carnegie Library, 2012-2016
• HackSI – Weekend long “hack-a-thon” – Team members volunteer, teaching others about robotics/engineering
• Robotics demonstration at VA Hospital
• Black Diamond Harley Davidson Trunk-or-Treat – robotics demo
• Robotics Demonstration at SIU Solar Eclipse Day

• Angel Tree participant – made possible by team member donations
• Coach’s Boards – designed and built wire and controller managers (coach’s boards) to donate to rookie teams
• Mentor to FLL (First Lego League) team
• Prepare and donate goodie bags with emergency robotics “quick fixes” to hand out at competitions
• MHS Homecoming Parade – generating interest in robotics with float and mini WALL-E bots built by team


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