Education

UF professor mentors Dominican teens whose firefighting robot placed 18th globally

Engineering education professor Edwin Marte of the University of Florida coached three Dominican high school students remotely over six months, helping them rebuild their fire-detecting, water-spraying robot for the World Robotics Olympiad. The team finished 18th in the international competition held in Singapore. The project’s success inspired the formation of two additional student teams now aiming for the 2026 World Robotics Olympiad in Puerto Rico.

Sources: UF News