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COURTESY: Patrick Henry Community College

Six high school students, two from Bassett High School and four from Carlisle High School, won the MATE ROV Engineering Award and placed third in the product demonstration challenges. 

Students battled in the Marine Advanced Technological Education Removely Operate Vehicle Competition in Kingsport, Tennessee. 

The team prepared for nearly 80 hours over a two-month time span to design their robot and train it for underwater challenges. 

“The kids did the work and we as mentors guided them with ideas and the learning process through things they had never seen,” says Keith Newcomb, Computer Aided Drafting and Design technologies instructor at Patrick Henry Community College. “During the competition, we couldn’t even be on the floor with them. They had to do it all. And, the coolest part was that this was a team of kids from different schools all coming together. It was awesome. No other team had that kind of multi-school collaboration.” 

The mission of the MATE underwater robotics competition is to teach students STEM as well as teamwork and problem-solving skills. 

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