Georgia First Robotics Competition
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Over the weekend, students from around the region put their mechanical skills and scientific know-how to the test at the Georgia First Robotics Competition.
Several Savannah are schools competed in Saturday's event at Hanner Field House on Georgia Southern University's Statesboro Campus, including Jenkins High, Benedictine, and Richmond Hill High. Students were given six to eight weeks to construct their robots and then put their creations on display against each other. The goal of the competition is to give students real world experience and help promote STEM education.
Kieran Johnson, a senior at Jenkins High School, explains just hos hands on each student is. 'So everything on the robot is done by students, like all the metal. You see, we were the ones that cut that. All the fasteners were the ones that did that. And nothing comes from a kit. It's all, all the coding is done by our students and all the electrical is done by our students. So literally when you look at that robot, every student worked on every single part of it.'
The robotics team from Jenkins High School was on the winning alliance for the event, and the teams from BC and Richmond Hil High School both made it to the playoffs.
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