Nick Carerra and Sebastian Sares know a thing or two about robotics, specifically coding them so they navigate through an obstacle course. In December, the seventh-graders from St. Mary Academy in Manahawkin proved their skills at the Mid-Atlantic Region Cyber Robotics Coding Competition.
Not only did Carerra and Sares reach the finals of the day-long competition at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, they placed third among 42 student tandems from New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware.
“We did OK,” said Sebastian, the one largely responsible for devising solid plans for navigating angles to get through…
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