SUNY Broome Engineering Science students help out at the eighth annual Southern Tier Robotics Competition
The SUNY Broome Community College Engineering Science and Physics Department will hold the ninth annual Southern Tier Robotics Competition on Wednesday, April 18, on the SUNY Broome campus in the Applied Technology Building atrium. The event is co-sponsored by the Eastern Southern Tier STEM Hub and SUNY Broome.
The competition gives area high school and middle school students the opportunity to showcase their ingenuity and talent in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) while building and designing robots.
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Approximately 200 students will participate. Competing school teams include: Broome-Tioga BOCES; Broome-Tioga BOCES’ New Visions engineering program; Broome-Tioga BOCES P-TECH program; Chenango Forks Elementary and High School; Chenango Valley High School; Downsville Central School; Harpursville Junior and High School; Owego Free Academy; Seton Catholic Central High School; Sidney Central Schools; Susquehanna Valley High School; Union-Endicott High School; and Whitney Point High School.
There are six main events: the Large Swept Away Challenge, the Small Swept Away Challenge, the Autonomous Task Challenge, the Autonomous Line-Following Challenge, the Remote Control Forklift Challenge and the Maze Programming Challenge. In each, teams compete for either points or best time. Winners receive bragging rights as well as a trophy or plaque.
Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. The event begins with an opening welcome at 9:30 a.m. Events run from 9:45 to 11:30 a.m., followed by an awards ceremony at 12:15 p.m.
Union-Endicott’s TigerTronics team will also bring the robot it constructed for the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition. The students will discuss the robot and the competition, and conduct a demonstration.
