Tag: robotics

  • Raider Robotix celebrates its 25th year competing in FIRST Robotics

    Raider Robotix celebrates its 25th year competing in FIRST Robotics

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – North Brunswick Township High School’s robotics team, FRC Team 25-Raider Robotix, is celebrating 25 years of competition in FIRST Robotics this season. The team was founded in 1996 at the high school and in its career has been a two-time world champion during the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and…

  • Team 750 Cobras win in-house SBHS robotics event

    Team 750 Cobras win in-house SBHS robotics event

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF SOUTH BRUNSWICK HIGH SCHOOL   South Brunswick High School’s Robotics Club’s Team 750 Cobras won the tournament championship Feb. 5 at their in-house SBHS VEX VRC Robotics Event.  

  • Hillsborough Girl Scout establishes robotics team at Auten Road Intermediate School

    Hillsborough Girl Scout establishes robotics team at Auten Road Intermediate School

    Marissa Creelman’s Gold Award project consisted of starting a FIRST FLL robotics team at Auten Road Intermediate School for sixth graders. Ten out of 70 students were selected to compete on the team in the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) FLL (FIRST Lego League).   The project took 90 hours…

  • Goetz pupils display robotics skills in end-of-semester competition

    Goetz pupils display robotics skills in end-of-semester competition

    JACKSON – Students who took a robotics class at the Carl W. Goetz Middle School during the first semester of the 2019-20 school year were the hosts to an end-of-the-semester battling robots event on Jan. 17. As part of the robotics course’s curriculum, the students built their own robots using motors and coding skills they…

  • Brunswick Eruption robotics competition draws dozens of teams from Tri-State Area

    Brunswick Eruption robotics competition draws dozens of teams from Tri-State Area

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Forty-two high school-aged FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics teams competed for the 18th year at Brunswick Eruption, hosted by the North Brunswick Township High School’s (NBTHS) FIRST Robotics Competition Championship Team 25 – Raider Robotix. Teams from around the Tri-State Area and Pennsylvania played for the last…

  • Metuchen Library to offer inclusive STEM program for children with special needs

    Metuchen Library to offer inclusive STEM program for children with special needs

    WeMake 4-H will hold a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) event for special need students of all grade levels from 2-4 p.m. on Aug. 24 at the Metuchen Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Children will engage in various hands-on activities such as robotics, beginner coding and makers projects. The program is free. To register, visit…

  • North Brunswick’s Team 25 begins robotics season

    North Brunswick’s Team 25 begins robotics season

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition season started on March 9 and 10 for North Brunswick Township High School’s FRC Team 25 Raider Robotix. At the Mount Olive Regional High School, during the FIRST MidAtlantic (FMA) District event, Raider Robotix members competed with 37 high school-aged…

  • Athenians all-girl robotics squad competes at New Jersey regional competition

    Athenians all-girl robotics squad competes at New Jersey regional competition

    EAST BRUNSWICK – The Athenians, a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League (FLL) robotics squad comprised of nine Girl Scouts came in first place at an FLL qualifying competition on Nov. 17, sponsored by Central Jersey College Prep School in Somerset as part of the FLL’s 2018-19 qualifying meets. The…

  • Old Bridge Library offers snow globe making, ugly sweater decorating projects

    Old Bridge Library offers snow globe making, ugly sweater decorating projects

    ‘Tweens and teens can take robotics classes, make snow globes, decorate ugly sweaters, and prep for the ACT/SAT this December at the Old Bridge Library, 1 Old Bridge Plaza, corner of Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. Snow globe making will take place at 7 p.m. on Dec. 10 for children in grades 4-6. Registration…