The SUNY Broome Community College Engineering Science and Physics Department will hold the seventh annual Southern Tier Robotics Competition on Wednesday, April 5, 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.
This year, 160 students will compete. Schools include: Broome-Tioga BOCES’ New Visions engineering program; BOCES Tech Academy; Broome-Tioga BOCES P-TECH program; Chenango Forks Elementary School and High School; Chenango Valley High School; Downsville Central School; Greene Middle School and High School; Harpursville High School; Johnson City Middle School; Maine-Endwell High School; Seton Catholic Central High School; Sidney Central Junior/Senior High School and Sidney Elementary School.
There are six main events: the Large Swept Away Challenge, the Small Swept Away Challenge, the Autonomous Task Challenge, the 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.
