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Droid Dominion
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Meet the ‘Droid Dominion’
By Jeremy De Maria
STEM demonstration keeps St Edward’s Middle School boys transfixed.
The explanation had been interesting enough. The videos that showed the different development stages of the robot took things a notch higher. But the moment the Droid Dominion robot hit the stage and spun into action, excitement levels hit the roof. The boys gathered in the College Hall let out a collective “Wow!” when the robot’s speed and agility were displayed on stage.
As part of the Middle School Friday Activities, the College was being paid a visit by Mr. Lydin Camilleri, representative of the IEEE Malta Students Branch. Mr. Camilleri and a student at the University of Malta. IEEE stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. It recently organised a Robots Championship in Malta, and Mr. Camilleri had brought his team’s creation to show to our boys. Every participating team was required to design and build their own robot, which would then battle it out against the other inventions in challenges aimed to find the robots’ limits. The competitive rounds were aptly called Cont pg 8
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