HHS sends robotics competitors to Oklahoma - Hillsboro Star-Journal

HHS sends robotics competitors to Oklahoma Hillsboro Star-Journal By DAVID COLBURN Hillsboro High School isn't engaged in a titanic sci-fi battle of machines taking over the planet, but six Trojan students and their advisers got a taste Saturday of the real world of robotics competition at the VEX Wildcat Robotics ... and more »

Granby School Board Hears Presentations on Problem Solving - Patch.com

Granby School Board Hears Presentations on Problem Solving Patch.com There are no directions as to how to assemble the robot, so the kids must come up with ways of not just building one for its specified purpose, but also write computer code to program it to control it. The line of the night came when Barnett said that ...

Middle Schoolers Build iPhone App - Patch.com

Middle Schoolers Build iPhone App Patch.com Germantown SAP Droids A student group of competitive robot makers has set its sights on a new battle: crushing food contamination. The Germantown SAP Droids, a robotics club affiliated with the global First Lego League, created an iPhone app that tells ... and more »

36 teams of high schoolers compete in robotics competition - Southeast Missourian

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36 teams of high schoolers compete in robotics competition Southeast Missourian A robot battle took over the Arena Building on Saturday in Cape Girardeau as 36 teams of high school students competed in the final of three qualifiers for the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition state championship. Construction of the robots ...

Zakaria: Why I can't wait for the Republican convention - CNN (blog)

Zakaria: Why I can't wait for the Republican convention CNN (blog) By Fareed Zakaria, CNN Jeff Greenfield has a great piece in Bloomberg explaining why, due to Republican Party procedures, Newt Gingrich really can take the nomination battle all the way to the Republican National Convention. After Florida, there are ... and more »