Tomorrow is a special day,
the International Day of
Women and Girls in science.
And there's a big competition
that's happening soon.
So I'm surrounded by very smart people
with drones right here in front of us
and I wanna talk about this competition.
So let's start with you until,
if you don't mind.
So, Robolink, a local company,
what's your involvement?
What are you guys putting
on? So we we make this drones
that teaches education,
drones and programming.
OK, so we are we've been teaching
over at we are in 3. 1000 schools.
And then we've been teaching a lot of
students with this STEM education.
And then we're very excited to
have a drone competition going.
First time here in San Diego
and the strong competition is tomorrow,
right? That's correct. Yeah.
We have a lot of local students that
will be involved. Tell us about that,
Luanne. Yeah, so and the robotics education
and competition Foundation is the
company that develops this competition.
And our goal is we partnered
with Bobolink and we're using
their drones in this competition.
And what these students will be doing
is they'll be flying the drone,
piloting the drone, programming the drone.
But they also have to do teamwork,
critical thinking skills,
making decisions on the fly.
Where do I wanna go?
I only have two-minute.
Destroys many points as possible.
And I'm surprised at how small these are.
Yeah, it's a great educational drug.
You can fly them in classrooms
safely and you can fly them around
the gymnasiums safely for our
students to be able to participate.
A good way to go. So Robo link,
these are your drones. Correct. OK.
So to have students learn how to do this,
you have learned things that I
have never done before in my life.
This is awesome. Tell me your name.
Eva. Eva. Eva.
Are you excited for the competition tomorrow?
Yes. Yes. Are you nervous? A little bit.
What do you expect it to be like?
Chaotic. Chaotic. OK, what's your name?
Kimberly. Kimberly high.
So what's your role gonna
be in the competition?
Directing them where to put the drone,
that's an important moment.
We have directors here in our studio,
but you're in charge of drones.
That's a big deal. And what's your name?
My name is Jennifer.
Jennifer, what's your role gonna be?
I still don't know,
but I guess I'll just take whatever.
It's in the competition.
I mean, yeah, they said it'll be on the fly.
Literally.
Wonderful.
Thank you very much for being here
and to learn all of these skills,
obviously for students to learn.
Tell me real quick loan,
why that's super important
for them to have this
down. Absolutely. You know,
our goal is to get drones in the hands
of our students now so they'll be ready
for careers in five years from now.
The drone industry is exploding and career
opportunities are exploding nationwide.
I mean, we know drone
footage alone is amazing.
So now we have pilots here this morning.
Good morning. What's your name?
Ella. Hi, ella.
So you're going to be flying.
With the red one, yeah. Yeah.
And then what's your name?
Sireli. Sireli.
And you're in charge of that? Yes.
OK do you get nervous flying these sometimes,
maybe on live television, right.
What does it take to fly a drone?
Not much. Not much. Talented, right.
OK, I'm gonna step over here while you 2 go
ahead and do your thing, work your magic.
And while they're flying this, tell
me, what's your name? Ashlene.
Ashlene. I mean, this has been mid air.
They literally are not hitting us.
So that's this big. Yeah.
Best of their skills. Yeah. I mean,
it's pure concentration the whole time.
Yeah. Like, as Luanne said, I mean,
we're trying to teach these girls Greek
communication skills, coding skills,
all kinds of skills that they can take
into the real world and apply to any
kind of stem job that they see fit to.
These drones are so amazing.
I would wow, you just flipped it around.
And so, I mean, what's it like to see
students flying their drones out here?
It's great to see them flying it well.
And then we especially want to encourage
more of the girls and women to be in stem.
So we are proud to have a lot
of these girls participating.
We're proud to see this way to go,
San Diego, for putting this competition on.
And it's happening tomorrow.
Good luck, everybody.
Thanks for being here.
We'll be right.