LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Some future engineers got a first-hand look at some cutting-edge technology while touring a Louisville facility this week.
More than a dozen students from Louisville Collegiate turned a classroom robotics lesson into real-world skills. They toured CRG Automation to see how robots work.
“It’s pretty cool around this place,” said eighth grader Joseph Marshall.
“It’s a lot of new information we get to take in and a lot we get to learn,” added Mia Joseph, a seventh grader.
The students are on two robotics teams, which the company sponsors. Their talents won first and third place in state competitions and secured their spots in Florida and Texas tournaments.
“We have a shared interest in robotics and automation, so a lot fund for us to support the kids in their endeavors,” said Paul Lauritzen, Chief Operating Officer of CRG Automation.
Eleanor Abney and Joseph are the only two girls on their seventh grade robotics team.
“It’s a good pressure sometimes, like pushing you to be your best,” Abney said.
“It was a little difficult to gain the trust that I can code,” Joseph said. “Women do these things and we can be very good at them.”
They were some of the most excited students to be on the field trip. They asked questions and absorbed the information shared at the facility.
While the students have several years before they head to college, many of them have goals ranging from being lawyers or mechanical engineers.
The students said opportunities with automation and robotics will help them achieve those dreams. The processes and machines they saw on the field trip mirror the skills they already build as a team.
“No matter what what I do in life, I’m always going to have to collaborate with other people,” Joseph said. “I’m going to have to be organized.”
