Unified Robotics Board of Advisors
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
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6M ago
During the fall of 2015, FIRST Robotics Competition Team 4911 CyberKnights founded the offshoot program Unified Robotics. Originally centered around the partnership between students at King’s and students with special needs at Roosevelt High School, the program has amassed an extensive network of participants and supporters that spans across the entire nation. Such growth, however, only remains manageable when supervised by exceptional leaders who are in turn guided  by exceptional advisors. Starting this 2017 Unified Robotics season, a select few will form a counsel aimed at providing p ..read more
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Mariner High School Student Strengthens Family Bonds Through Unified Robotics
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
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6M ago
Gabi Stansberry and Madeleine Schwitters at the 2016 Special Olympics Unified Robotics Championship event at Pacific Science Center. As a student with special needs, Gabi Stansberry has struggled with many things that most 14-year-old girls her age take for granted. Finding friends with common interests, having opportunities to try new things, and being included in a society that doesn’t understand her uniqueness have been constant challenges. After living in Oregon for most of her life, Gabi recently moved back to the Seattle area and is a freshman at Mariner High School. She was excited to ..read more
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Planning in Special Olympics Unified Robotics
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
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6M ago
Written by Sammy Murphy, a member of the Unified Robotics Leadership Club. As we move through life, each of us on individual paths, we tend to gloss over the intricate details building the programs, places and people around us. When I first joined Unified Robotics, I possessed an idea of the immense amount work necessary to run the program. I imagined weekly sessions, careful correspondence, and checklists–all stereotypical activities associated with management. In many ways, this idea proved to be accurate in that these activities transpired. Yet, my vision of Unified Robotics lacked a full g ..read more
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Unity within the Election
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
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6M ago
Written by Sammy Murphy, a member of the Unified Robotics Leadership Club. Since the past week riots and protests have rumbled through the streets of my hometown Seattle. Flags burn and windows shatter as protestors march to the beat of “Not my president, not my president.” while Trump supporters roll their eyes and  demand that protestors “suck it up.” Either in triumph or terror, the American people cry out recklessly in the wake of the election. In many ways, I find myself a part of this conflict. A portion of me wants to have hope in the ability of Americans to come together, while m ..read more
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2016 Championship: Important Information for Teams
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
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6M ago
The following information is from an email sent to Unified Robotics teams in the greater Seattle area for the Championship. The email was written by Noelle Foster, Consulting Mentor for Special Olympics Unified Robotics. Dear Unified Robotics Teams, Parents, and Volunteers: This email contains a lot of information that will be important in preparing for the Unified Robotics Championship.I’m sorry for inundating you with so much info, but the event is coming up soon – with a major holiday right between now and then!  Parents/Students: many things in this email are for the coach/teacher to ..read more
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Special Olympics Unified Robotics Building Workshop
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
by Andrew LaPrade
6M ago
Join us for a Building Workshop on Saturday, Nov 12th! We will have students available to assist and provide a fun day of robot-building together! This can be an additional time for partners and athletes to meet to work on their project if after school time is hard to schedule. Please send at least one adult (per school) to help us chaperone. Please bring your own lunch to the workshop. We hope to see you there! Saturday, November 12  10:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Open House) King’s High School (Google Maps)   Sign Up Below! [contact-form-7] The post Special Olympics Unified Robotics Building ..read more
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Unified Robotics™ is now a Special Olympics® Unified Sport!
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
by Andrew LaPrade
6M ago
I am excited to announce our partnership with Special Olympics Washington! Over the past two months, members of Team 4911 CyberKnights and the Unified Robotics Leadership Club have been closely working with Special Olympics to have Unified Robotics a part of their Unified Sports system. What does this mean for you? Because of the change, we will be refreshing our brand to bring Special Olympics’ values and mission to Unified Robotics. This includes changing our name from Unified Robotics to Special Olympics Unified Robotics with a new logo and identity. Our core value, se ..read more
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Robotics Club for Students with and without Disabilities
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
by Andrew LaPrade
6M ago
Special Olympics Unified Robotics Kickoff Soon SEATTLE, WA – Last year students from King’s High School in Shoreline created a new program called Unified Robotics. Unified Robotics is a robotics club designed to make hands-on STEM learning available to high school students of all abilities. This year the Unified Robotics season starts with a kickoff event on Monday, October 10 at 5pm. It will be hosted at Microsoft, food and drink provided, and will be held at the Microsoft Redmond Town Center 5, 16661 NE 72 Way, Redmond WA. Anyone interested in Unified Robotics is welcome to come. The event w ..read more
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Upgrade Your Game Event
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
by Andrew LaPrade
6M ago
Special Olympics International and Microsoft invited Unified Robotics to participate in a demo about the program. Several members of the CyberKnights, who participated as peer mentors at Unified Robotics in its pilot season, attended this event in order to share and expand the program to more schools and individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. “The Seattle Sounders [teamed] up with Special Olympics and Microsoft on Saturday, March 26 for Upgrade Your Game, an event aiming at promoting greater acceptance and respect for athletes of all abilities through a shared experience.” – Seattle ..read more
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What is Unified Robotics™?
Special Olympics Unified Robotics
by Andrew LaPrade
6M ago
Unified Robotics is a student-designed and implemented robotics program open to students with, and without, intellectual disabilities (ID), as well as students with a variety of learning and behavior challenges. Unified Robotics includes an equal number of participants as robotics team “peer mentors” to train, strategize and compete. Unified Robotics the first of its kind and brings the world of STEM and the sport of robotics to more high school students interested in STEM – including many students who are often excluded from extracurricular activities. Peer mentors from a FIRST® Robotics ..read more
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