<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/vex-robotics-competition.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>02/25/2022</pubDate><title>University Hosts Robotics Competition for Local High School Students</title><description>The VEX robotics competition brought together more than 30 teams from Connecticut and Massachusetts high schools that competed in individual and team challenges. Teams also had the opportunity to qualify for the New England Region Championship, while building their robotics and teamwork skills.</description><hide-description/><author>Stephanie Gillespie, Ph.D. and Liberty Page, M.S.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>February 25, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2022/vex-robotics-3.jpg" alt="High school students at VEX Robotics event"/></image><image-caption>High school students take part in the VEX Robotics event at the University.All photos courtesy of Mark Morton, M.S., ECECS lab supervisor for the University of New Haven.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>