Over 120 students from 17 French Catholic elementary schools including Elliot Lake, Blind River and Espanola competed in the 15th annual Great Robotics Competition, which was held at Science North in Sudbury last week.

Though the competition primarily measured the efficiency of robots, prizes were also awarded for quality of school banners, a team cheer and video competition.

The competition enabled students from Grades 4 through 8 to display their creativity, ingenuity and tenacity.

Each team comprised of four students was asked to construct a robot made from LEGO EV3 and NXT blocks.

The robots were then tested in two different contests, which measured the strength and precision of the machines, as well as the success of its programming and level of control by its student masters.

Winners in the competition:

Junior Division (grades 4 to 6):

1st place: Les Robots Grenouilles, École Saint-Joseph (Blind River)

2nd place: Robot Électro, École Georges Vanier (Elliot Lake)

3rd place: Les Méca-Loups, École St-Antoine (Noëlville)

Intermediate Division (grades 7 to 8):

1st place: Cyber-Lions, École Ste-Marie (Azilda)

2nd place: Techno Robo Lynx, École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford)

3rd place: Les Dragons Digitales, École Ste-Thérèse (Val-Thérèse)

Best Banner

Junior Division: Robot-artizo, École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville)

Intermediate Division: Cyber-lions, École Ste-Marie (Azilda)

Best Team Cheer

Junior Division: Robot-artizo, École St-Joseph (Dubreuilville)

Intermediate Division: Cyber-lions, Robot Mech, École Notre-Dame de la Merci (Coniston)

Best video

Intermediate Division : Les camé-lions, École Ste-Marie (Azilda)