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'Another triumph'
By CALEB SLINKARD May 1, 2013 The Greenville Independent School District notched another victory in what has become a long line of engineering success as FRC 148 placed third in the FIRST Robotics World Championship last weekend in St. Louis. 'GISD students perform well in recent robotics competitions' BY CALEB SLINKARD March 30, 2013 GREENVILLE — Greenville High School has become well-known for its success in the international robotics competition FIRST, and 2013 is no different. Team 148 won gold medals at a regional in Houston and in Dallas earlier this month and are preparing for the FRC Championship on April 24-27. 'Couldn't be prouder' By AMBER POMPA March 25, 2012 — The Robowranglers are returning from Chicago this weekend to immense excitement as they were ranked No. 2 overall team and took home the win at the 2012 Midwest Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. Creating some 'young engineers to-be' By AMBER POMPA August 1, 2011 GREENVILLE — The Greenville Sixth Grade Education Center is establishing a pre-engineering/competition robotics team and program this fall. Robowranglers featured in Popular Mechanics! High school robotics teams descended upon St. Louis this weekend for the FIRST championships. In the event's first year in the Gateway City, FIRST Robotics Championship teams competed in the Logo Motion event: building robots capable of grabbing delicate inflatable tubes and hanging them on pegs, sometimes autonomously. As usual, the student engineers came up with some wild and amazing designs. Read more: FIRST Robotics Photo Gallery - FIRST Robotics Championship 2011 - Popular Mechanics That's really Cool May 16th, 2011--GREENVILLE — The Greenville High School Robowranglers found out they were named Coolest Robot of 2011 after returning from St. Louis, Mo., last month. Robowranglers take first! March 13th,2011--GREENVILLE — The Greenville High School Robowranglers took first place at the recent regional Robotics Tournament in San Antonio, acquiring regional high scores, world record scores and the GM Industrial Design Award along the way. Robowranglers eliminated before reaching final April 27, 2010 -- Some 3,000 young innovators and mentors, representing 14 countries around the world, gathered for the 2010 VEX Robotics Competition World Championship, including Greenville's own Robowranglers. Read More Robowranglers Fall Shy in FIRST Title Bid April 18, 2010 -- Greenville High School's Robowranglers, looking to reclaim their World Robotics title, fell short in the divisional finals at the FIRST International Robotics Championship on Saturday. Read More Moving on up April 4, 2010 -- The Greenville High School Robowranglers robotics team advanced to the FIRST Championship next month in Atlanta following its victory Saturday at the 2010 Lone Star Regional at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Read More Wrangling for a championship March 31, 2010 -- The Robowranglers, Greenville High School's own robotics team, is one step closer to reclaiming the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship title. Read More FIRST! March 24, 2010 -- Greenville High School's Robowranglers, looking to reclaim the World robotics title, began their competitive season by winning the F.I.R.S.T. (First in Recognition of Science and Technology) Dallas Regional Event at Southern Methodist University last week. Read More Building a brighter future November 23, 2009 -- Since its inception in 1992, the Robowranglers -- a VEX robotics team at Greenville High School -- have been inspiring students to lean toward more academic extra-curricular activities, and now a younger generation is doing just that. Read More Putting science first November 17, 2009 -- The Greenville High School Robowranglers were one of two high school robotics teams that were special guests at a press conference in Dallas Monday where Governor Rick Perry spoke of the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Read More |