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Smithtown Campers Design Robotics For Competition: Photos
Students built robots to try to pop balloons on the opposing robots and collect as many balls as they could.
SMITHTOWN, NY — Smithtown Central School District students attending SCOPE summer camp recently took part in a VEX and Lego Robotics competition at Accompsett Middle School, the district announced.
Eighth and ninth graders designed robots from scratch and participated in games where their robots tried to pop balloons on the opposing robots and collected as many balls as they could.
Beyond science and engineering principles, VEX Robotics solutions encourage creativity, teamwork, leadership, passion and problem-solving among groups.
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Younger campers designed lego robots to complete obstacle courses. Smithtown High School East senior Abigail Brennan, who is a member of the Smithtown High School robotics team, helped lead this summer activity for the first time at SCOPE.
"If I can get people to get involved with robotics and love it as much as I do, that’s all I could ask for," Brennan said.
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