Robotics

Jacksonville schools repeat as best of class at SeaPerch Challenge


Two Duval County school robotics teams won top honors at the recent International SeaPerch Challenge, an invitation-only event where students build an underwater robot, compile technical reports on its workings and are tested on its design, maneuverability and control.

A total of 174 teams from across the world participated in the event at the University of Maryland, but teams from Mayport Coastal Science Middle School and River City Science Academy Mandarin took the middle school and high school first-place awards.

“When chants of Duuuuuuval came from not only our teams but others it was a pretty special moment I won’t forget,” said Chris Shanklin, Mayport’s head coach.

The Mayport Coastal Science Middle School Robotics Club Team Anglerfish's winning underwater robot at work.

The 14 sixth-, seventh-, eighth and ninth-grade students in Mayport’s Robotics Club entered three teams. Two of them won best overall awards — the Anglerfish as the 2024 Overall Middle School Class Champions and the Stingrays the 2024 Overall Open Class Champions.

Mayport’s Strawfish Pirates team also came in second for the Overall Open Class Standings. In open class, middle schoolers competed against high schoolers.



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