Some brilliant robotics students got a surprise boost for their school's program on Wednesday. Amazon surprised Samuel Clemens High School with a donation of equipment.
There was a robot that could dunk yellow stars into a basket and then push the cart across the room. But it wasn’t the work of a seasoned inventor. It’s the design of Sam Clemens High School junior Brian Vaughn and his teammates.
On Wednesday, these brilliant first-year robotic students were surprised by online retail giant Amazon.
The principal thanked Amazon's Fulfillment Center in Schertz for donating $5,000 worth of S.T.E.M. equipment. S.T.E.M. stands for Science Technology Engineering and Math. This is the first year of the program at Clemens.
“It was a surprise,” said Michelle Hendrick, a robotic teacher. “We had an idea, but didn’t know who. It’s for our S.T.E.M. lab, which is in construction.”
Reese Bookout, 17, says that they will definitely use the money for future projects.
“We've been making do, and now we have a lot more and it's wonderful,” said Bookout, whose dream is to become an aeronautical engineer. "I like planes, building and engineering."
Bookout invented one of the two robots designed to sumo wrestle each other.
It certainly impressed Amazon's Fulfillment Center general manager, who said that their facility relies heavily on robotics.