Alpha Dogs test robotic skills

Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Sant forgot what it was like to relax at home after school.   “I honestly didn’t know how it felt to go home after school and not just…

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Robotics competition starts Friday

Mackenzie Willis, Savannah Stringer and Kale Wallingford, members of FIRST Team 1305 from North Bay, practice in the FIRST Robotics Canada North Bay Regional Competition Thursday afternoon at the Nipissing's…

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Students building skills by building with Legos

Nobody told young Lego builders at Ryerson Heights School they were learning construction, design and teamwork skills over the past six weeks.   The kids just thought they were having…

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Local high school robotics team looks to defend world title

MISSISSAUGA — If there were ever such a thing as a minor league team for NASA robotics, it just might be in Mississauga.   Members of the robotics club at…

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Centre Dufferin District High School students blaze technology trail

Athletes have long hogged the spotlight when it comes to high school competitions.   At Centre Dufferin District High School (CDDHS), the academics have finally been given the chance to…

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Great young minds from across Ontario explore robotic skills at UOIT

Elementary students tackle strategies on how to prepare for natural disasters   Hundreds of future scientists and engineers from across the province gathered at the University of Ontario Institute of…

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CTV Toronto: Students compete with LEGO robots

Students across Ontario are competing against one another with robots they've designed out of LEGO.  Check out this link to see the clip from CTV!

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Lego & Robotics this weekend at UOIT

The Ontario Provincial FLL Director, Dave Ellis, participated in a radio interview on CKDO about the East Provincial Championships.  Check this out to hear the archived interview!

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Glen Ames robotics team earns provincial spot

Glen Ames graduate Gregor Browning, left, watches with some of the Grade 7 and 8s on the school’s current robotics team as their typhoon-fighting LEGO robot rescues a human figure…

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