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The Bright Upcoming Leaders of 2020-21 MXR
To be completely honest, this is an insanely bittersweet post for me to write. It's difficult to call 2019-20 a proper school year, and...
Chloe W.
Jun 15, 20205 min read
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The Future is CAD
In the past few years, technology has been advancing at an almost exponential rate. Never in the history of mankind have so many such...
Milpitas Xtreme Robotics
Jun 14, 20203 min read
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Fighting COVID-19: Printing Face Shields for Local Hospitals
When I was first contacted by Chloe Wang about an opportunity to 3D print face shield parts for frontline workers, I immediately wanted...
Chloe W.
May 7, 20202 min read
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3D Printer Go Brrr: Introducing our new Prusa!
Recently, our club purchased a new 3D printer: the Original Prusa i3 MK3S, the latest installment in a long line of award winning 3D...
Chloe W.
May 7, 20201 min read
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Projects in Full Flight
From a young age, I was always staring up at the sky, watching the countless amounts of aircraft flying overhead. I was, and am,...
Chloe W.
Apr 17, 20203 min read
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STEM and Robotics Classes for Younger Students
After the success of our summer program, Robotika, we decided we wanted to continue teaching the next generation. We started an after...
Chloe W.
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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Sparking fun and destruction with combat robotics
When I first was introduced to 15-pounders and NRL by Martin Mason during a combat robot competition in July of 2019, I had no idea it...
Chloe W.
Apr 12, 20205 min read
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After over a decade: The story of our newest trophy
Thinking about it now still makes me want to cry a little - happy tears. Less than a year ago, I had posted, "Doing the unbelievable -...
Chloe W.
Oct 7, 20192 min read
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Battle Bots Backstory
The vice president, Kalino, retells his past with battle bots and his fight to bring the action to the members of MXR. When I was very...
Milpitas Xtreme Robotics
Aug 25, 20192 min read
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Robotika Summer Camp: STEM-sational
Milpitas Xtreme Robotics recently finished our summer camp program Robotika. The program lasted 6 weeks and we had over 25 kids...
Milpitas Xtreme Robotics
Jul 28, 20191 min read
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Intra-Club Competiton 2019 Recap
On May 24th, Milpitas Xtreme Robotics hosted our first Intra-Club-Competition, the biggest event of our year. Members from our club split...
Milpitas Xtreme Robotics
May 26, 20192 min read
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Full STEAM Ahead - STEAM Showcasing
Forgive me for the cringy title, but we all had a blast spreading our passion for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and...
Chloe W.
Apr 22, 20191 min read
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Doing the unbelievable - our VEX team
On February 16th, 2019, Milpitas Xtreme Robotic's brand new VEX team competed in their first competition - ever. Many of us had never...
Chloe W.
Feb 17, 20192 min read
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Starting our outreach to elementary schools!
MXR has aimed to reach out to our local elementary schools for a while now, and we have finally started this outreach near the end of...
Chloe W.
Oct 14, 20181 min read
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CLOG Rush and the new member buzz
CLOG Rush was the last week, and Milpitas Xtreme Robotics could be found at table 26 on Wednesday and Thursday. We talked to Milpitas...
Chloe W.
Sep 4, 20181 min read
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Can we get some Girl Power in the world of robotics? :D
On August 11 & 12, a few of our MXR girls worked together with some girls from MHS's STEMgirls club in a VEX Robotics Workshop at Google,...
Chloe W.
Aug 29, 20181 min read
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First, an unofficial meeting please :)
We can't wait to meet the new members, but it's nice seeing all the familiar faces first too. On August 24th, the returning MXR members...
Chloe W.
Aug 28, 20181 min read
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