ZOARVILLE Rufus the robotic dog was one of the stars of a Project Lead The Way showcase held Friday at Tuscarawas Valley High School.
Normally, such showcases are community events, but it wasn't possible this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So instructor Paul Dunlap decided to stage an informal one for staff and students.
"I felt my students deserved to have the ability to present their concepts, ideas and projects to the community," he said.
Students developed a variety of projects for the showcase.
"My seniors have knocked it out of the park this year," Dunlap noted. "They created a robotic dog, a drone factory that builds and assembles drones from the milling state all the way through laser engraving to it takes off. My other students also created a pencil sorting factory, which sorts them based on color."