Failure is the only reliable tool we have to demarcate the parameters of our capacities, to test our strengths and learn what we can really do. A target you hit every time is a target set too close.

-Dessa

Building a robot is hard. We work with our students to learn from the experience. We push ourselves to design, fund raise, code, build, and drive better. Along the way we fail and that's okay. Ask any scientist or engineer and you'll hear how important failure is to the creative design process. Ask any student about failure and you'll hear how hard they work to never fail! Learning to learn from failure is an essential skill in STEM fields, but there are few opportunities for students to do this in the standard high school curriculum. This is what makes Robotics a great experience for students, learning from failure is central to what we do.