CSM Hosts VEX Robotics Competition
Amazing robots were built again this year at the La Plata campus of the College of Southern Maryland during the Feburary 2016 VEX Robotics Competition.
At the VEX Robotics Competition students are guided by their teachers and mentors and build remarkable and innovative robots. The students program the robots to score points at a variety of lifting and moving and placing tasks. The teams guide the robots to score the maximum points possible in qualification matches, elimination matches and Skills Challenges.
The robots built and used in the competitions are created using the VEX Robotics Design System.
The competition Feb. 6, 2016 at the La Plata, Maryland campus of the College of Southern Maryland involved 17 middle schools and 33 high school teams from Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s counties. The students work as a team, learning both academic and life skills.
The high school teams from St. Mary’s County included the Low-Raiders from Leonardtown High School, Gear Grinders from Southern Maryland NSBE in Lexington Park, MD, Zinc Iridium from The Kings Christian Academy, St. Mary’s Ryken High School, the Robobees from the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown, MD, and from Great Mills High School the Idiotic Geniuses, VEX on the Beach and Team 1. From Calvert High School, the Cavaliers from and the Angel Warriors from La Plata School competed also.
The results of the middle school competition are online here.
The results of the high school competition are listed here.
The winners of the Volunteer of the Year awards are Calvert High School and Great Mills High School, and Girl Scout Troop 5064 and John Hanson Middle School. For a gallery of photos from the day, visit here.
The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, is the ultimate STEM activity for middle school and high school students (ages 11-18).
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