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<p><strong>Mr. Peter Brooks</strong> and the <strong>Computer Science Department</strong> students participated in the <a href="http://zerorobotics.mit.edu/tournaments/28/">Zero Robotics High School Competition 2017</a> live streamed, and it was the International Space Station Programming Challenge! Stuyvesant’s alliance was with a High School in Italy. <strong>On January 11th, Stuyvesant placed 1st</strong>! Congratulations!</p>
<p>What is Zero Robotics? <strong>Zero Robotics</strong> is a robotics programming competition where the robots are <a href="http://ssl.mit.edu/spheres">SPHERES</a> (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) inside the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html">International Space Station</a>. The competition starts online, on this website, where teams program the SPHERES to solve an annual challenge. After several phases of virtual competition in a simulation environment that mimics the real SPHERES, finalists are selected to compete in a live championship aboard the ISS. An astronaut will conduct the championship competition in microgravity with a live broadcast!</p>
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