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Crusader Robotics students driving robots on the competition field
Crusader Robotics · Mayer Lutheran

Where curious kids dig in.

Real problems, real tools, real stakes — and students in the middle of all of it.
Who
Grades 8–12
Season
August – April
Meets
Tues & Thurs, after school
Cost
Covered by activity fee

In our workspace, kids aren’t watching — they’re doing. They design parts, write the code, drive the robot in front of a crowd, and explain their decisions to a panel of judges. They’re needed, they’re trusted, and they’re known.

A student explaining the robot to FIRST judges

They own the work.

At every competition, students sit down with judges and walk them through the engineering — what they tried, what broke, and what they changed. No coach speaking for them. They know their robot because they built it.

That confidence carries straight into the classroom and the job interview.

Pit table covered with 3D-printed parts and a laptop

Hands on real tools.

CAD on the laptop, parts coming off the 3D printer, code compiling between matches. A freshman who didn’t know a servo from a stepper motor in September is fixing a senior’s code by February.

It’s the kind of learning you can’t fake your way through — and that’s the point.

“It’s where quiet kids find a seat, curious kids find a puzzle, and kids who are good with their hands find something worth making.”

How to join

  1. Stop by the Robotics table at the Back to School Bash.
  2. Come to an open build night in September — watch for the date.
  3. No experience needed. If you’re curious, you belong here.

Contact

Crusader Robotics

knights@mayerlutheran.org

952-657-2251

Mayer Lutheran High School · 306 7th St NE, Mayer, MN 55360 See us at the Back to School Bash →