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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
All-girls robotics team from Atlanta makes its mark
In a science lab at Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy in Northwest Atlanta Tuesday, a group of student surgeons had a patient on the table: their robot. This team is one of a kind. 'There are very few in the state of Georgia. I know for sure very few,' student Kendi Platt said. They are members of 'GIRL,' which stands for Get Into Robotics Ladies. 'We have all girls, which is very unique, to build robots. You don't see that very often,' STEM Coordinator Carl Palmer III said. TRENDING STORIES: NO EMERGENCY: Atlanta police doing 'scenario-based training' at Georgia Aquarium GA judge resigns while being investigated for using county funds for vacation Driver says 'great-grandmother was dying' after leading GA deputies on chase At the recent GeorgiaFirst Robotics Competition, involving more than two dozen top teams from all over the state, the all-girls team finished second. To be among the best of the best, you have to be an inventor and a pit crew mechanic. 'You familiar with NASCAR?' team member Naomi Spears asked. They're much more than robot builders. They're role models. 'Every competition we go to, whether we win or not, little girls come up to see our ladies in pink, and they admire them,' Palmer said. Because they're blazing a trail. 'We really hope to see more girls our age who look like us more interested in these fields,' Naomi said. Students say that since this involves an aspect of athleticism, who knows? 'I have a feeling one day we'll see robotics as an Olympic sport. Hopefully!' Kendi said. What's also remarkable is that this robotics team was first formed at the school just three years ago.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
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. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
