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UF professor mentors Dominican teens to 18th-place finish at World Robotics Olympiad

UF engineering education professor Edwin Marte coached three high school students in the Dominican Republic remotely via Zoom, helping them develop a water-spraying, fire-detecting robot for international competition. The team finished 18th at the World Robotics Olympiad in Singapore, and the project inspired two additional student teams now aiming for the 2026 competition in Puerto Rico.

Sources: UF News