OVER 130 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 10 SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL ROBOTICS EVENTS, USING ROBOTS THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT ON THEIR OWN.

THE ROBOTS WERE DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS, TESTING THEIR EFFICIENCY COMPLETING TASKS OR EVEN COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A KING OF THE RING STYLE MATCH.

STUDENTS WERE AWARDED PLAQUES FOR PLACING FIRST AND SECOND IN EACH CATEGORIES, WITH ONE GRAND CHAMP TROPHY GOING TO THE SCHOOL THAT DID THE BEST.

"IT GETS THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, GETS OUT OF THE NORMAL ROUTINE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE TO REALLY THINK AND THEY GET EXCITED WHEN THEY WIN AND THEY WIN SOMETHING", says matt hamilton-jones, p-tech engineering teacher Broome-Tioga boces.

STUDENTS WERE AWARDED PLAQUES FOR PLACING FIRST AND SECOND IN EACH caTEGORIES, WITH ONE GRAND CHAMP TROPHY GOING TO THE SCHOOL THAT DID THE BEST.