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.