- December 4, 2025
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Windermere High robotics club has grown in the last year from 12 members to 25.
Windermere robotics club president Nathaniel Jocelyn worked on troubleshooting the robot from his laptop.
The club named the robot Zenith.
Each team was given a number and bib for the VEX5 competition.
The Wolverines helped guide each other on the best strategy for the match.
Robotics is like racing the club acted as pit crew to quickly fix the robot between matches.
Ryan Assad, Tyler Feldman, Nathaniel Jocelyn, Assma Aboulad and John Stelly showed off the back of their shirts.
Eli Cervantes drove the robot while Francisco Avendano and Zachary Szydlo coached him.
The club maneuvered the robot through the course to pick up the foam blocks in the tubes.
Younger students watched carefully as president Nathaniel Jocelyn coded the robot.
Zachary Szydlo, Francisco Avendano and Eli Cervantes are all on the board of Windermere robotics club.
Francisco Avendano and Eli Cervantes worked together to add pieces to the robot.
Windermere’s robot is programed to drive on its own for a short period of time.
Only so many hands can squeeze to work on the robot at once. The club is hoping to raise enough funds for two robots next year.
Francisco Avendano carefully placed Zenith on the game’s floor.
Windermere robotics club sponsor John Stelly said the students work on the robot entirely alone.
Windermere High robotics club had its final VEX5 competition Saturday, Nov. 15 at Apopka High School.
In May 2025, the game “pushback” was announced and the club has been preparing since then for the competition. The goal of the game was to collect foam blocks and push them into the four goals. Windermere placed 28th out of 35 teams in its second year of competition.
The club designed its robot using VEX5 parts that range from $2,000 to $5,000. Windermere’s entering the fundraising period to prepare for next year’s competition.
Donations can be made here.
