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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Science
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Saint Louis School robotics team wins gold at national championship
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The robotics team at Saint Louis School celebrated its fourth consecutive win at the Vex JROTC National Championships in Dallas over the weekend. Since the program's establishment in 2022, Saint Louis School has participated alongside approximately 70 other teams to compete for the ultimate title. Missing dog reunited with owner on her birthday Competitors had to navigate their robots through a complicated field, with different parts and obstacles on the field earning the team points. Each round had three students from Saint Louis School controlling their robot creation. Everybody loves to win, but for Isaac Lau, a senior on the team set to graduate in a matter of days, the win signifies a cherry on top of his high school career.'All the hard work definitely paid off in those four years of competing, especially the last one ending on a high note being the last Vex, or any robotics tournament, that I'll be competing in high school,' Lau said. 'I'm very happy that my team got to experience this. Not just me, but we're all very happy about this tournament victory.' The robotics team at Saint Louis pours hours of work into their efforts, with Lau's mom and Saint Louis School teacher Tatum Rathell noting that the future engineers had many late nights behind this win. 'They put so many hours into both competitions. I mean, they're there until three in the morning,' Rathell said. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news Rathell also noted the significance of a victory in robotics for Saint Louis School, considering the institution is known primarily for its athletic abilities. 'It's rewarding for many different reasons, one of them being that he took an athletic school and made it known for something else,' she said. 'And that's exciting for me.' For Lau, the robotics team provided him with a sense of comfort when he couldn't quite 'click' with the school's more popular athletic teams. Driver arrested after serious hit-and-run in Waikiki 'When I first joined Saint Louis in the sixth grade, I was trying to look for a different passion other than sports. Sports wasn't really my click,' Lau said. I noticed that [Saint Louis] had a competitive robotics team, and I joined that team, started from there and found a passion with it.' Lau's passion in robotics doesn't end with his high school career. The soon-to-be high school grad will continue his love for the subject in college, as he will be studying engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a robotics and engineering school in Massachusetts. For more information on Saint Louis School's well-decorated robotics team, visit their website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Looks like Borderlands 4 heavily relies on the series' lore-bomb Sirens again, but it's sweetening the deal with new Vault Hunter Vex and her big purple cat
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. From the ashes of the Borderlands 4 State of Play stream today rises a phoenix – no, a new Siren, who seems to have made it out of the looter shooter's apocalyptic rubble with a big-ass purple cat. "Vex the Siren is a powerful Siren who can empower herself or manifest deadly shades to fight alongside her," a press release says. During the Borderlands 4 State of Play, we see how Vex wields supernatural phase energy to blast away enemies with her bare hands, or to create scythe-wielding spirits to fight her battles with her. Like other Borderlands 4 Sirens – ultra-powerful, otherworldly beings, including the fan-favorite bad girl Lilith, who may or may not be dead at the end of Borderlands 3 – Vex seems highly capable. But even with magic at her fingertips, it looks like she couldn't turn down her purple panther companion. Gearbox shows off its muscle during State of Play, while demonstrating Vex's class abilities, or action skills. Vex can use something like the skill Incarnate to trigger a Phase Explosion that destroys opponents while regenerating her health, but Phase Phamiliar offers what looks like a more unique combat strategy. With this skill, Trouble, Vex's ghostly Minion, can turn "into a Badass" that restores health and boosts damage for a limited amount of time. If only I could get the pigeons on my roof to do the same thing. You'll be able to play as Vex and her evil kitty cat – along with three other new Vault Hunters including, an exo-suit soldier Rafa, whose impressive range of weapons was also showcased during State of Play – when Borderlands 4 launches on September 12. Whoa, Borderlands 4 made huge changes to guns: we basically have 5 weapon slots now, and there are 3 new manufacturers plus modded guns with "Licensed Parts" combos.
