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RTÉ News
15-05-2025
- Science
- RTÉ News
Prestigious US award for Tullamore school's robotics team
An all-female robotics team from Tullamore in Co Offaly have won the prestigious Judges Award at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas. The team from the Sacred Heart Secondary School includes students Emily Thunder, Jasmine Matsushita, Rachel Ebenezer, Alice Duffy, and Olivia Hoey and their teachers Ms Sindy Meleady and Ms Aisling Bourke. The VEX Robotics programme is a series of competitions and educational resources targeted at encouraging young students to learn Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) concepts, with different levels for various age groups including VEX IQ for younger students and VEX V5 for older minds. Earlier this week "The Steminists" received a message of support from President of Ireland Michael D Higgins. In the letter of support, President Higgins encouraged the students to "deepen your inquiry, and to remain steadfast". "In demonstrating such outstanding skill in engineering, coding, design, and strategy, your success to date is a testament to the power of curiosity, dedication, creativity, and teamwork. "It also serves as a powerful reminder of the immense potential that lies in the minds and hands of our young people, particularly young girls, when given the opportunity to engage with science, technology, engineering and mathematics."
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Las Vegas-area high school robotics teams soar to global stage
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Two Vex Robotic Teams from Northwest Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas have won the Nevada State Championship for the Vex V5 Robotic Competition. They are now headed to the global stage in Dallas as they will be competing in the world championships against 800 different teams in May. The annual event brings together the top VEX IQ robotics competition, VEX V5 robotics competition, and VEX U robotics competition teams from around the world. 'My love comes from the engineering side of things. I'm the builder on my team, so I get to design and build most of the robot, and I have a really great time doing it. I enjoy the engineering process,' Junior Owen Kirpes said. One team's robot is called Electro Boogie while the other is named ITZGUD. The two teams formed an alliance to help them win the Nevada State Championship. The drivers for both teams are brothers Senior Cash Walker and Junior Cain Walker. Cain said working with his older brother helped elevate their game and achieve victory. 'We coordinated with my brother's team, and they accepted. Then we spent the rest of the tournament just making sure our gameplay would be optimized as much as possible and that we would work together,' Junior Cain Walker said. This is an incredible opportunity for these dedicated students to showcase their skills, innovation, and teamwork. Both teams will be competing May 6 through May 8 at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. If you would like to support the NWCTA Robotics teams, please visit this link. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
