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Brain Busters excel in robotics

Brain Busters excel in robotics
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team has secured a spot at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England Championship. The team faired remarkably well for its first year competing at the high school level, and is ranked 16th out of over 200 teams in the New England region. The team earned its spot at the...
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Brain Busters headed to world championship

Brain Busters headed to world championship
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team took the top honors at the state championship competition held in Worcester. The team will be representing Massachusetts at the international championship to be held in Detroit this April. The Brain Busters team is comprised of Ryan Bendremer (13), Zachary Szeto (14), and Riya Bahadur (14). Returning to the state...
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Walpole RoboRebels enjoying successful season

Walpole RoboRebels enjoying successful season
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What does a portcullis, moat and cheval de fries have in common with a robot? These are three of the obstacles this year’s Walpole Robotics team, the RoboRebels had to overcome to play a medieval themed game called FIRST Stronghold. Given six weeks to build a robot durable enough to...
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Needham’s T-10 Competes at Super Regionals

Needham’s T-10 Competes at Super Regionals
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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The Needham High robotics team T-10 (T minus 10) competed last weekend in the Super Regional East FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) competition at the University of Scranton in Scranton, Pa. The Needham team competed against 72 other groups of high schoolers from across the Eastern U.S. to earn 24...
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Wellesley Robotics Teams Make it to States

Wellesley Robotics Teams Make it to States
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy FIRST LEGO League, a featured participant at the Wellesley STEM Expo 2014-15, encourages volunteer parent-coaches, regardless of their expertise, to set up teams of children to lead, apply what they know, discover new and unique solutions and direct their own learning within a project-based, LEGO building, robotics curriculum in teams...
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Needham Robotics Team Qualifies For State Competition

Needham Robotics Team Qualifies For State Competition
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Needham High’s two robotics teams, T-10 (T minus 10) and the HackHers, competed all day on Sunday at a league meet in Andover. According to advisor Hans Batra, “The day was filled with successes and disappointments as the robots competed against 20 other teams from around the state.” In the end, T-10 reached the...
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