South Side Middle School hosts Robotics Championship

Posted Thursday, March 8, 2018 12:00 am

South Side Middle School eighth-grader Ben Lomot participated in one of the qualifying rounds.

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These South Side Middle School students were among about 50 from the school that competed in the Southern New York Vex IQ State Robotics Championship last Saturday.

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seventh-graders Melanie Koren, left, and Will Roesch prepped their robot for competition, as eighth-grader Kieran Cook looked on.

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Glen Cove students Zachary Gotterbarn, left, and James Lopez competed in the early rounds.

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Seventh-grader Matthew Eckrich, left, and eighth-grader Jack Cashman called the competition from the sidelines for Channel 36.

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By Ben Strack

Eight teams from South Side Middle School participated in the Southern New York Vex IQ State Robotics Championship last Saturday. South Side, which hosted the event, welcomed 24 teams from as far away as Huntington and Manhattan to participate.

The competition included a variety of events, including the Teamwork Challenge, during which two robots work collaboratively in 60-second matches to score points. Teams also competed in the Robot Skills Challenge, where one robot takes the field to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which are entirely driver-controlled, and Programming Skills Matches, which are autonomous, with limited human interaction.

Three SSMS teams won awards, as they qualified for the Vex IQ World Championship in Kentucky in April.

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