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High school students build, program robots at UHV summer camp


Jude Stehling, a 13-year-old freshman at Victoria West High School, places his robot at the beginning of a maze Thursday during the 2016 Summer Robotics Camp at the University of Houston-Victoria. Twelve students from Victoria and the surrounding region attended the camp from June 27 to Friday at the UHV University Center. There, they built robots and learned how to program them to solve mazes, navigate obstacles, recognize colors and pick up objects. The camp was made possible by an Alcoa Foundation grant to the university.

The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region, offers courses leading to more than 65 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs and concentrations in the schools of Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education & Human Development, and Nursing. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus as well as teaching sites in Fort Bend and Harris counties, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. Since its founding in 1973, UHV has provided students with a quality university education from excellent faculty at an affordable price.

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