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Robotics

Student working on robotics project
Group of Salem Academy students

Salem Academy has the oldest continuously running all-girls robotics team in North Carolina.

What started as a club in 2014 has grown into a formidable force across the Southeast. Open to all students, more than 40% of all Salem Academy students choose to participate in the Robotics program.

Over the next decade, 88% of companies say that they plan to add robotics to their businesses.  Salem Academy provides students with cutting edge opportunities to learn coding, design, engineering principles and more.

In 2017, the robotics team competed in the First Tech Challenge World Championships and ranked in the top three percent. Today, Salem hosts two teams: The Sisters of the Motherboard and The Code Sisters.   To learn more about our robotics teams, please visit the Salem Academy Robotics website–a site created and maintained by Salem Academy students.

robotics teams gather for a group photo on gym bleachers

Robotics Courses

Robotics team members enroll in year-long robotics courses that can be taken for multiple years. The courses include hands-on learning and instruction in the following areas:

 

Robotics Timeline

Two decades of robotics at Salem Academy

robotics comp winners

2020-Present

2023

Hosted Winston-Salem qualifier on campus; Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals

2022

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals; received 1st place Compass Award (Code Sisters team); 2nd place Connect Award (Sisters of the Motherboard team)

2021

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals; received 2nd place Motivate Award.

2020

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals; received 1st place Think Award.

2020 state robotics competition

sisters of the motherboard sign

2010-2019

2019

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals; won the Motivate Award, exemplifying team spirit and collaboration; Placed 2nd for self-created Promote Award video; Placed 3rd in self-created Compass Award video.

2018

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals

2017

Selected to compete in First Tech Challenge World Championship in Houston, Texas; Ranked in the top 3%!

2016

Competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals; selected for Alliance round

2015

Competed and advanced in First Tech Challenge State Finals

2014

Launched first club and competed in First Tech Challenge State Finals

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