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2006 Articles

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Governor Simcoe Gets Top Marks For FIRST

Governor Simcoe Secondary School's FIRST Robotics Team is heading to Atlanta, Georgia for an international robotics tournament after being named Overall Champion at a recent competition in the United States.

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High Schoolers Show a Gift For Gadgetry

A St. Catharines high school helped its team to robotics competition glory by teaching its five-foot mechanized creature to bend it like Beckham.

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Kids in Robotics Competition Could Help Address Labour Shortage in Skilled Trades

My daughter is a member of the Governor Simcoe team and we were totally amazed at the energy and excitement of the competition.

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Robotic Basketballers Come Up Short

If big, burly athletes can cry after falling short of expectations, surely robot athletes would cry after a bitter loss. If they had been programmed to.

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Robotic Ingenuity Drives Students

While most teens left classes for the Christmas break dreaming of sugar plums, students Stephen and Brandon dreamed of steel.

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Robotics Team Off to Atlanta

A local high school's robotics team will be the only Canadian school to compete in an international robotics competition this year. The Governor Simcoe robotics team went to Atlanta for an international competition last year, and they'll do the same in 2006.

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Simcoe Takes Home Gold in Robotics

They missed school, spent countless hours working and staying up late, but building the robot was worth it.

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The Man Behind the Simcoe Robotics Team

Behind the machine, there is a man. Greg Phillips, technical director for Governor Simcoe Secondary School is the teacher behind Simcoe's robotics team that won first place at the Great Lakes Regional Championship in Michigan and the Waterloo Regional Championship.

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Local Robotics Team Wins GOLD

Hundreds of students throughout the United States, Canada, and beyond are showcasing their engineering and technical talent by competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition. GM sponsors or co-sponsors 45 teams in the U.S. and Canada.

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Robots

"We're never satisfied with a robot that just functions" explained Greg Phillips, Governor Simcoe's tech teacher. "We want a robot that functions the best."

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Governor Simcoe Students Create a Little K-OS

Inside of a 12-foot by 12-foot ring at Governor Simcoe Secondary School, a motored mass of metal throws a few neon soft balls into a triangular shaped container.

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