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Gearing up for competition season with Robotics

Gearing up for competition season with Robotics

by Ashley Mo, STEM Editor October 26, 2024

Harker Robotics puts in countless hours finalizing their robot for competitions, from refining the physical parts and internal code to coordinating logistics for the 52-student team. Take a peek into...

Two Harker Day attendees play with slime at a booth in Nichols Hall. Nichols featured a variety of different booths to engage with students and parents.

Community celebrates fourth annual Harker Day

Harker Day welcomed students, staff, parents and alumni to festivities across campus on Saturday. Clubs hosted booths with posters and activities for attendees in the Nichols Atrium. Many organizations...

Harker Robotics members Deeya Verma (12), Tiffany Gu (12), Atharv Goel (12) and Brenna Ren (11) invited students to join Robotics and attend weekly Thursday meetings. Members can specialize in various aspects of Robotics such as programming, engineering or business.

School Meeting 9/12: Robotics, Startup World Cup and evacuation drill

by Charlie Wang and Samaara Patil September 17, 2024

History teacher Carol Green opened the school meeting on Thursday in the Zhang Gymnasium. Green reminded students not to cut through the Shah parking lot during morning drop off and instead take the...

Student presenter Oliver Chen (10) talks about his project using his poster as a visual aid. Harker students from grades eight to 12 shared their research findings in the Auxiliary Gym.

Research Symposium reaches record-high attendance, unites STEM enthusiasts

by Ashley Mo and Mendy Mao April 25, 2024

Over 800 students and parents attended the 18th annual Harker Research Symposium, themed “The Artificial Intelligence Revolution,” organized by the Women in STEM club on April 13 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....

Figure 01 stands at the forefront of innovation, showcasing a level of sophistication unseen in previous humanoids. Leveraging stored information, Figure 01 makes inferences rapidly, similar to OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4, and can also express its thoughts through a text-to-speech model.

Figure 01 revolutionizes humanoid technology through robotics and AI

by Ashley Mo, Co-STEM Editor April 17, 2024

“Hey Figure 01, what do you see right now?” “I see a red apple on a plate in the center of the table, a drying rack with cups and a plate and you standing nearby with your hand on the table.” Visual...

Team 1072's technical president Chiling Han (11) runs code on the robot at the competition's practice field. Despite multiple rounds of bug fixes, the robot's autonomous routine failed to run properly.

Robotics team bounces back at Sacramento Regional

by Mihir Kotbagi and Charlie Wang April 11, 2024

Harker Robotics competed at the 2024 Sacramento Regional hosted at Pleasant Grove High School from March 13 to 16, making a comeback run to the finals alongside alliance partners Citrus Circuits, Berkelium...

A Harker attendee rides Green Team's smoothie bike on Oct. 7 in the Auxiliary Gym. The club collaborated with the Harker Robotics team starting earlier this year to build zero-energy bike consisting of only upcycled materials.

Global Reset: Spinning sustainable smoothies

by Victor Gong and Mihir Kotbagi November 27, 2023

Making a smoothie typically involves plugging in a powerful blender into an outlet, dumping in an assortment of fruits and pressing down on the lid. The blade instantly accelerates to thousands of revolutions...

ASB Community Service Committee members Aaron Bao (11), Luke Wu (10), Cynthia Wang (12) and Kabir Ramzan (12) thanked students for their purchases at the boba fundraiser during the school meeting on Tuesday. Harker students and staff raised over $1,700, and the proceeds will be donated towards repairing earthquake damage in Morocco.

School meeting recap 9/26/23: Homecoming week, Student Directed Showcase and lunch etiquette

by Jessica Hu and Tiffany Zhu October 1, 2023

Associated Student Body (ASB) President Daniel Lin (12) opened the fourth school meeting of the year on Tuesday.  The robotics team presented a video highlighting different aspects of their program,...

Harker Robotics members gather around a computer to discuss robot design plans on Monday for FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). To improve from last year, the members aim to create a design that is achievable yet challenges them.

Robotics kicks off build season after annual competition announcement

by Kinnera Mulam, Co-STEM Editor January 10, 2023

Harker Robotics began its build season after FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) announced the 2023 game details at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Around 30 members gathered in upper school robotics advisor Dr....

Upper School Head Paul Barsky thanks the students involved in various school events, including the cast and crew of the fall play and those in the athletics program. He also delivered announcements about the new crosswalk and the Eagle Store.

School meeting recap 10/28/22: Messages from administration, Halloween festivities and club announcements

by Shareen Chahal, Asst. News Editor November 1, 2022

Associated Student Body (ASB) Vice President Gordon Chen (12) welcomed students and faculty to the school meeting on Friday and sent the seniors best wishes for their college applications. Upper School...

TEDx co-curator Medha Yarlagadda (11) and TEDx Public Relations Director Daniel Lin (11) speak to a parent. The upper school hosted Back to School day yesterday for parents to explore the campus and classes.

Back to School Day offers glimpse of student life

by Desiree Luo and Medha Yarlagadda September 11, 2022

Upper school parents attended the annual Back to School Day to familiarize themselves with classes, teachers and extracurriculars yesterday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Saratoga campus.  “[The...

“STEM Spotlight” is an Aquila repeater showcasing STEM clubs and their initiatives.

STEM Spotlight: Robotics club conducts week-long summer camp for incoming frosh class

by Edward Huang, Co-STEM Editor August 22, 2022

Harker Robotics held their annual introductory summer camp from Aug. 8 to Aug. 12 in Nichols Hall, with club leadership teaching rising ninth graders about the basics of designing and building robots. The...

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