Robotics (Battlebots) Team
The BattleBots team exists to design, build and compete combat robots for the purpose of expanding educational opportunities in the field of engineering, but also to promote the skill of teamwork. Ransom Everglades' BattleBots team also hosts robotics events to share these educational opportunities with the greater Miami community.
Team News
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Robotics wins 'build' award and 'volunteer of the year'
Read MoreAn RE robotics team won the "build" award and finished third overall among 41 teams in the skills competition of the South Florida Regional VRC State Championships on March 4 in Southwest Ranches, Fla., as robotics coach Bob DuBard earned the Volunteer of the Year award. DuBard, who has led RE's upper school robotics program for years, coached "The Squad" team of Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Diego de Lope '23, Sofia Paraoulaki de Miranda '23, Victor Pérez '23, Pablo Rodriguez-Russowsky '23 and Luca Trebotich '23 to the state championship as well as during their four years at the upper school. -
Teamwork award for middle school robotics
Read MoreThe middle school robotics team of Dylan Kantesaria ’29, Sidney Schwartz ‘29 and Porter Sanderson ‘29 won the Teamwork Champion Award on Jan 29 at the 4th Annual Riviera Rams Robotics Open in Miami, advancing to the South Florida Regional Middle School VEX IQ State Championship on March 5. They will be accompanied by coaches Gus Palacios and Nelson Milian. -
Robotics team claims tournament championship and excellence award
Read MoreAn RE robotics team of three juniors, a sophomore and one senior topped 22 teams to earn Tournament Champion recognition and the Excellence Award at a Dec. 3 event at Miami Jackson Senior High. Erick Gross '24, Mateo Heitner '25 and Victoria Paraoulaki de Miranda '24 represented the Raiders (a team that also includes Arjun Badwal ’23 and Varun Raju ’24, who were not able to attend) at the “Make It Happen” 2022-23 VEX Spin Up Tournament. -
Two robotics teams to worlds
Two Ransom Everglades teams qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas on May 4-8: The Squad team of Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Diego de Lope '23, Victor Perez '23, Pablo Rodriguez-Russowsky '23 and Luca Trebotich ’23; and the Dark Matter team of Dashiell DeStefano '22, Emma G '23, Sofia Paraoulaki de Miranda '23, Max Vallone '22 and Alex Van Lidth ’22. All of RE's robotics teams train under STEM Department faculty member Bob DuBard.Read More -
Four robotics teams on to regional championships
Four Ransom Everglades robotics teams qualified for the South Florida Regional State Championship March 13 in Immokalee, Fla., where each team will vie for a bid to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas in May. RE's Dark Matter team of Dashiell DeStefano '22, Emma G '23, Sofia Paraoulaki de Miranda '23, Max Vallone '22 and Alex Van Lidth '22, double-qualified for the event by claiming a tournament championship and Excellence Award at the February 5 VEX Robotics Competition in Fort Myers, Fla.Read More -
Robotics team earns top honors at local event
Ransom Everglades' "Squad" team of Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Diego de Lope '23, Victor Perez '23, Pablo Rodriguez-Russowsky '23 and Luca Trebotich '23 earned Tournament Champions recognition along with a team from Calvary Christian Academy at the VEX Robotics Competition Miami Coral Park Senior High Blended Tournament on November 13.Read More -
Robotics wins awards at home event
Two Ransom Everglades robotics teams won major awards at the VEX Robotics Competition High School South Florida Qualifier at Ransom Everglades on October 16. The event, directed by robotics coach Bob DuBard, was the first on-campus robotics events since the pandemic, and it drew 32 teams from around South Florida. RE's REboticists claimed the Design Award and Dark Matter won the Innovate Award.Read More -
Five teams advance to robotics worlds
Three upper school robotics teams and two from the middle school earned invitations to 2021 robotics world championships with stellar performances at recent events. At the South Florida VEX Robotics Competition High School Regional Championships in Naples on April 18, RE’s all-sophomore “The Squad” team – Luca Trebotich ’23, Diego de Lope ’23, Victor Perez ’23, Pablo Rodriguez-Russowsky '23 and Lucia Rose Dahn ’23 – qualified for worlds by winning the event’s highest honor: the prestigious Excellence Award.Read More -
Seven RE teams qualify for robotics regionals
After an unusual season of mostly remote tournaments, two Ransom Everglades middle school robotics teams and five from the upper school qualified for exclusive regional competitions: the South Florida VEX-IQ Middle School and VRC High School Regional Championships, which take place in mid-April. The teams qualified based their performances in remote skills competitions and, in the case of the upper school students, at a pair of in-person events.Read More -
RE robotics teams excel in first event of the season
In RE’s first robotics event of the school year, three robotics teams claimed major awards at a socially distanced, in-person, indoor/outdoor competition in Naples on December 5. At the Best in Southwest event, RE teams won the Think Award, Innovate Award and Design Award, and an all-freshman team gained valuable experience.Read More
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Roster
Andrade, Alejandro (Ale) '25
Antonaccio, Mario '25
Arroyo-Jefferson, Jaral '25
Blanco, Matias '25
Campbell, Mia '25
Heitner, Mateo '25
Lippey, Lucas '25
Pinilla, Victoria (Vicky) '25
Rosenfeld, Ivan '25
Thomas, Ethan '25
Antonaccio, Mario '25
Arroyo-Jefferson, Jaral '25
Blanco, Matias '25
Campbell, Mia '25
Heitner, Mateo '25
Lippey, Lucas '25
Pinilla, Victoria (Vicky) '25
Rosenfeld, Ivan '25
Thomas, Ethan '25
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.