All-girls robotics team at Saint Francis Catholic High School coming off a big win
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[{'start': '2.167', 'end': '8.941', 'text': "KIMBERLY.   >> ERIK, IF I COULD CHOOSE ONE   WORD TO DESCRIBE YOUNG GROUP   OF GIRLS, IT WOULD BE   IMPRESSIVE. I MEAN, TO SEE ALL   THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT   THEY'VE ACHIEVED AT SUCH A   YOUNG AGE, IT'S AMAZING TO   WITNESS. AND TODAY I GOT A   BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AS THE   TEAM PREPARES FOR THEIR NEXT   COMPETITION.   >> THIS YOUNG ALL GIRLS   ROBOTICS TEAM. THIS IS WHAT'S   CALLED A REMOTE PILOTING   SYSTEM OR OUR P S IS MAKING   BIG STRIDES IN THE WORLD OF   STEM THOSE. ACTUALLY ONE OF   THE REASONS WHY I CAME TO   SAINT FRANCIS   >> WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR   AMAZING ROBOTICS TEAM AND THE   DEDICATION AND PASSION WE HAVE   FOR EACH OTHER IS JUST TRULY   REMARKABLE. IT'S TOTAL OF 35   GIRLS, A PART OF THE TEAM. I   JOINED THE SAME WITH LIKE   LITTLE TO NO LIKE KNOWLEDGE   AND ROBOTICS THIS YEAR WITH SO   MUCH DEMAND. THE FIRST-EVER   NAVIGATOR TEAM MADE UP OF JUST   FRESHMAN STUDENTS WAS CREATED.   SO I AM PART OF THE SOFTWARE   SUB TEAM. I DO ALL THE   SOFTWARE, IRATE ALL THE CODE   FOR LEICESTER'S THAT THEY RUN   IN THE POOL. I'VE NEVER HAD AN   EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS BEFORE.   ANY TO CONNECT WITH UPPER COST   HAVING THE MENTORING ME A   SISTERHOOD BONDED BY A SIMILAR   PASSION. WHEN DESIGNING AND   BUILDING THESE ROBOTS FROM   SCRATCH. WE WERE ALL EXPOSED   TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF   ENGINEERING LIKE MECHANICAL   SIDE, ELECTRICAL SIDE AND   SOFTWARE. IT'S A LONG PROCESS   R O V WE BUILT IT OVER AROUND   6 MONTHS. THAT REQUIRES   ATTENTION, PRECISION AND   SOMETIMES A LOT OF PATIENTS.   THERE ARE MANY LIKE MECHANICAL   CHALLENGE. THINGS ACTUALLY   APPOINTING ENGINE BROKE 3   WEEKS BEFORE COMPETITION.   THESE YOUNG ENGINEERS WORKED   COUNTLESS HOURS TO GET THEIR   ROBOT READY FOR UNDERWATER   COMPETITION. THE ROBOT WILL BE   PUT TO THE TEST COMPLETING A   VARIETY OF TASKS, INCLUDING   PERFORMING DNA AND NOW SAYS   MONITORING THE TEMPERATURE   DEATHS IN THE CITY OF CARBON   DIOXIDE LEVELS IN THE WATER   ALONG WITH THINGS.   >> BUT THEIR EFFORTS ARE   PAYING OFF. THIS PAST WEEKEND.   THE TEAM TAKING HOME FIRST   PLACE IN A REGIONAL   COMPETITION IN MONTEREY BAY   AGAINST 30 OTHER TEAMS.   ALTHOUGH POWER LIKE I REMEMBER   ALL JUMPING AND SCREAMING,   CAUSE.   >> REALLY EXCITING.   >> SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE TEAM   THAT INTERNATIONAL   COMPETITION, WHICH WILL BE   HELD IN MICHIGAN IN JUNE. AND   TODAY THE GIRLS ARE TELLING ME   EXCITED AND THEY'RE READY LIVE   IN SACRAMENTO, COVERING LOCAL   NEWS THAT MATTERS LEAKERS. FOX   40 NEWS.   >> ALL RIGHT, KIMBERLY, THANK   YOU. WOW. IMPRESSIVE GIRLS   THERE. WHEN I SEE HEAR STORIES   LIKE THAT OF LIKE BOY WAS I   NOT AND WAS HEADED INTO YOUR   WIND HIGHS. ENGINEERING WAS IS   LIKE BUILD A BRIDGE OUT OF   POPSICLE, STICKS YELLING OR 5   TIMES OF THOSE OF, KNOW, THE   ROLE I WAS REALLY GOOD WITH   WORDS AERODROME IFA,   PRESENTATION LOT GO   UNDERWATER, OUT OF OUR DEBT. A"}]