Hello, welcome to our blog! This blog documents our experience with the coronavirus pandemic and how it’s changing our team.
To start, we’re very fortunate to all be safe and healthy. Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by coronavirus, and we’re grateful for those working on the front lines to combat this new pandemic. Thank you to all those practicing social distancing, wearing masks, and ensuring the health of others as well.
This new chapter of human history has had so many implications for everyone. For Team 4008, it’s changed the way we work. Our core values surround collaboration and creating in-person experiences, so we’ve really had to rethink how our team can continue to create that sense of community.
Usually during summer break, we meet around three times each week for a few hours at our robotics lab at school. However, since we’re working at home and want to follow county social distancing regulations, we’ve had to reduce that time. Lots of people have other meetings throughout the day as well, so we’ve tried to stay flexible. Our new schedule involves meeting twice a week (we switched our meetings to online video calls) and increased online communication. Although it’s definitely not quite the same, we’re still able to chat and discuss robotics directly with others. We’ve all been home for a while, so it’s nice to see the team again! 💖 💖 💖
To make up for the loss of team time, we’ve also made sure to have time to just chat or play games! I think our sense of community is really strong, and everyone genuinely enjoys spending time with each other: our closeness is definitely a key part of the team. In order to keep those connections strong (and also just check in and say hi to everyone during these times), we’ve tried a few things, such as online games! Unfortunately, most of those games require heavy thinking and intense logic, so I usually don’t win. I like Pictionary though. :)
Again, we’re sad that we’re missing out on the in-person part of robotics, but like everyone else, we’re learning to work in different, new ways. That includes rethinking our prototyping and design process. Since our lab is closed and we can’t safely build a robot together, we’re instead working individually, then coming together during our meetings to give updates, review each other’s ideas and provide feedback, and ask any questions. While this definitely isn’t ideal, it allows for the most safety and flexibility since people can plan robotics work around other commitments.
We look forward to taking you on our journey through this unusual season.
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