Likkle but we tallawah! A phrase that is often proven repeatably by the tenacious Island of Jamaica, a nation filled with talents. The country once again struck victory at Houston, Texas as a team of robotics students from Jamaica College became the first Jamaican and Caribbean team to be awarded the MOTIVATE award at the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Competition.
In a news statement on Saturday, Jason Brown, manager of the Jamaica College Robotics Club, “At the divisional award ceremony, there were 12 awards from which any of the 191 teams would’ve been selected for. These awards included robot performance…team journey in the local community, (and) impact the nation with STEM.”
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While presenting their engineering and outreach books and responding to judges’ questions at their station, the Jamaica College team—also champions of the FIRST Tech Challenge, Jamaica Championships in Kingston, Jamaica—won two more of the 11 qualifying matches.
The squad worked hard under the direction of the coaches despite all the obstacles and failures, days of uncertainty, preserving the school’s stand in the face of defeat, and problematic alliance pairings, according to Brown.
