Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
U.S. Marines attending a Marine Maker Course gather around the fighting ring and place their robots inside for a battle royal at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines fought their robots in a double elimination bracket and ended with a culminating event that involved the Marines placing all of their robots into a ring and fighting until one is left standing. (U.S. Marine Corps......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
U.S. Marines attending a Marine Maker Course created robots for a battle royal at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines compiled all of their skills they had learned during the course to build a robot capable of moving on its own and fighting one another. These skills included writing code, soldering wires, connecting electrical currents and utilizing problem solving skills........
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Juan Corrales, a communications maintenance chief with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, places his robot into the fighting ring during a Marine Maker Course at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines designed the robots from the ground up with the end goal of fighting them against each other, to prove individual......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
U.S. Marines and Building Momentum instructors for the Marine Maker Course pose for a group photo with their fighting robots at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines spent their morning coding and building robots in preparation for a double elimination battle royal to decide who would get the honor of being recognized in future courses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Sorci)...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
U.S. Marine Cpl. Michael Banks, a machinist with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, installs a drill as a weapon for his robot at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines will be putting these robots through a battle royal, as part of the Marine Maker Course. Throughout the course the Marines are taught problem solving skills and given the tools to work out......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
Albert Vega, a training director with Building Momentum, assists Cpl. Austin Green, a metal worker with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, in cutting segments of wood to help assemble his robot at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines used a wide array of materials to build their robots; anything from wood, to cardboard, to a used energy drink bottle.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 02.01.2018
Albert Vega, a training director with Building Momentum, instructs Gunnery Sgt. Juan Corrales, a communications maintenance chief with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, on how to properly code his robot to move on its own via sonar location at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. The Marines used code to program their robots movement and to specify attack......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Sorci | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 01.31.2018
U.S. Marines attending a Marine Maker Course with Building Momentum test a 3-D printed bridge at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 30, 2018. The Marines designed the bridges in Invented LTE and printed them out using an Ultimaker 2+. To test their design, a weighted pulley was used to test the strength of the bridge. a (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Sorci)...
