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Last Friday, students from Magnetic Hill School in Moncton and Claude D. Taylor School in Riverview gathered to participate in an inter-school Robotic Competition.

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Tim Meridith takes his robot for a test-drive on the floor.

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Kody Krebs and Taryn MacMillan make adjustments to their robot.

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Laura Jones, Caleb Brace and Sonya Kim search for the last few pieces they need to finish their robot.

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Cameron Durling, Taryn macMillan, Kody Krebs and Annie Druart put their robot through it’s paces.

This is just one of several robots constructed by Grade 4 and 5 students at Magnetic Hill and Claude D. Taylor Schools for the recent robotics competition.

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Katie MacLellan, Laura MacDonald and Nate Ronan are proud of their creation.

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Jordan Rose makes adjustments to his robot before the judges come by.

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Olivia Phillips and Morganne Henry put the finishing touches on the background for their project.

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Alexandre Metivier shows that building and programming a robot is fun, but also take concentration.

The grade 4 and 5 students worked hard building and programming the robots either individually or in groups using Lego MindStorm NXT and Transportation Kit projects.

Judges visited each project for a demonstration of what the robots could do and awarded marks to each project.

In the end, first and second place winners were named, with a group from Claude D. Taylor School receiving first place, and a Magnetic Hill School team in second place.

Congratulations toMatthew Dixon. Daniel Grasse, and Blake Flinn or Claude D. Taylor on their winning project.

Brennan Kent, Kai Massoeurs, Rose Boucher, Billy Roach, Austin Allen, Isiah McNulty, Tim Merideth and Jenna Bassett were the Magnetic Hill students awarded second place.

Claude D. Taylor and Magnetic Hill Schools thank the Professional Engineer’s Association, Touchie Engineering and the Terrain Group for their generous financial support.

Special thanks went out to John Gallant, Lisa Grasse and Michelle Gould who have given generously of their time and expertise for the students involved in this project.

After the judging, parents and classmates of the young engineers were invited to view the displays.