Robotics (VEX) Team
The Robotics VEX Team goal is to foster a love of robotics in our community through the creation and competition of VEX robots.
Team News
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Youthful robotics teams score recognition at regional competiton on campus
Two young robotics teams from Ransom Everglades claimed major awards at the VEX V5 Robotics Competition “Push Back at Ransom Everglades” October 19 at the Anderson gymnasium. An all-girls team of ninth graders – Bea Hill ’29, Esha Nagalla ’29, Alex Brandrick-Morris ’29, Ruthie Newton ’29, Julia Bernstein ’29 and Chloe Weintraub ’29 – received the Judges Award and a team of ninth graders (and one sophomore) – Israel Garcia ’28, Noah Veras ’29, Sidney Schwartz ’29, Dylan Kantesaria ’29 and Porter Sanderson ’29 – won the Create Award.Read More -
Middle school robotics team collects hardware
A robotics team from the Ransom Everglades middle school – Dylan Kantesaria '29, Porter Sanderson '29, James Sardina '29 and Sidney Schwartz '29 – won the Excellence Award and the Robot Skills Champion award at the STEAM In The Gardens VEX IQ Robotics Competition on February 9. At the same event, a team of sixth graders, Neel Gowda '31, Jack Milota '31 and Ryan Kantesaria '31, won the Judges Award and finished in third place in the robot skills competition. The students competed under club advisor Gustavo Palacios.Read More -
Sophomore robotics students receive Excellence Award at local robotics event
The all-sophomore robotics team of Lucas Lafosse-Marin '27, Nicolas Castillo '27, Nicolas Motoki '27, Girish Raju '27 and Ricardo De Lorenzi '27 won the prestigious Excellence Award at a VEX V5 Robotics Competition at Dillard High School Nov. 2. Competing against 18 teams under robotics coach Bob DuBard, the team excelled in engineering and robot skills and advanced to the regional championship in March.Read More -
RE students help make regional robotics event at Ransom Everglades a success
Five Ransom Everglades robotics teams competed at the South Florida High Stakes Regional Qualifier in VEX V5 October 20, joining a field of 38 teams from across the region in a thrilling day of matches in a jammed Anderson gymnasium. The students worked in groups to build and program their robots to accomplish certain tasks – placing rings on stakes, scoring goals and climbing at the end of the match – faster than competitors' robots. All advanced to the day's elimination rounds. The tournament was directed by RE robotics coach and engineering teacher Bob DuBard.Read More -
Robotics team wins big at the South Florida Regional VEX Robotics Championship
The robotics team of Mateo Heitner '25, Ivan Rosenfeld '25, Victoria Paraoulaki de Miranda '24, Erick Gross '24 and Gabriel Karsenti '26 put forth one of the most successful performances in RE robotics history at the South Florida Regional VEX Robotics Championship in Miami Springs on March 2. The Raiders won The Excellence Award, the Robot Skills Challenge award and Tournament Finalist recognition, triple-qualifying for the world championships in April in Dallas, Tex.Read More -
REbotics wins three major awards at local robotics event
Read MoreThe middle school robotics team REbotics dominated the 4th Annual STEM Squad VEX IQ Robotics Competition Challenge in Miami on January 27, winning three major awards and qualifying for the state championship in March. The team members, Dylan Kantesaria '29, Sidney Schwartz '29, James Sardina '29, Porter Sanderson '29 and Evan Powe '29 (not present), finished first in the Skills Challenge and won the Teamwork Challenge and Excellence Award, topping a field of more than 40 teams. -
Four Ransom Everglades' robotics teams win top awards
Three Ransom Everglades robotics teams claimed top awards at recent events. Alex Tevelow '28, Israel Garcia '28 and Isaac Zide '28 won the Build Award and earned second place in Robot Skills at the Robocats STEM Academy VEX IQ Robotics Competition Dec. 9 in Miami Lakes. On the same day in Homestead, Erick Gross '24, Gabriel Karsenti '26, Mateo Heitner '25, Victoria Paraoulaki de Miranda '24 and Ivan Rosenfeld '25 won the Think Award at the Jingle Bots VEX Robotics Competition.Read More -
Raiders robotics team wins top awards to start season
Read MoreRansom Everglades’ "Raiders" robotics team – officially 4330R – earned top awards at three straight robotics tournaments and moved to No. 18 in the world in the VEX Robotics Competition World Skills Standings as the 2023-24 competitive season got underway. Victoria Paraoulaki de Miranda ’24, Erick Gross ’24, Mateo Heitner ’25, Ivan Rosenfeld ’25 and Gabriel Karsenti ’26 most recently claimed the Excellence Award, Robot Skills Champion and Tournament Champion at the VEX Robotics Competition High School "Over Under" South Florida Regional Qualifier that brought 50 teams to Ransom Everglades on Oct. 22. -
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.
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Roster
Izaiah Afflick '29
Aziz Apara '29
Julia Bernstein '29
Alexandra Brandrick-Morris '29
Eitan Carrasco '29
Nicolas Castillo '27
Lucas Chen '28
Santiago de la Serna '27
Ricardo De Lorenzi '27
Erasmo de Souza '28
Daniel Depass-Jurberg '28
Roberto Eraña '27
Israel Garcia '28
Victoria Garcia-Pinochet Pena '28
Ewa Garmendia '26
Matthew Gonzalez '29
Beatrice Hill '29
Dylan Kantesaria '29
Gabriel Karsenti '26
Lucas Lafosse-Marin '27
Rafael Leitao '29
Raif London '29
Cohen McDaniel '28
Anne Minick '27
Nicolas Motoki '27
Gabriel Muller-Marques '29
Warren Munroe '26
Esha Nagalla '29
Ruth Newton '29
Angelo Perez '26
Celia Prescott '28
Girish Raju '27
Porter Sanderson '29
James Sardina '29
Luke Schneider '27
Sidney Schwartz '29
Clayton Serflek '29
Armin Stamate '26
Noah Veras '29
Zoe Weber '27
Chloe Weintraub '29
Aziz Apara '29
Julia Bernstein '29
Alexandra Brandrick-Morris '29
Eitan Carrasco '29
Nicolas Castillo '27
Lucas Chen '28
Santiago de la Serna '27
Ricardo De Lorenzi '27
Erasmo de Souza '28
Daniel Depass-Jurberg '28
Roberto Eraña '27
Israel Garcia '28
Victoria Garcia-Pinochet Pena '28
Ewa Garmendia '26
Matthew Gonzalez '29
Beatrice Hill '29
Dylan Kantesaria '29
Gabriel Karsenti '26
Lucas Lafosse-Marin '27
Rafael Leitao '29
Raif London '29
Cohen McDaniel '28
Anne Minick '27
Nicolas Motoki '27
Gabriel Muller-Marques '29
Warren Munroe '26
Esha Nagalla '29
Ruth Newton '29
Angelo Perez '26
Celia Prescott '28
Girish Raju '27
Porter Sanderson '29
James Sardina '29
Luke Schneider '27
Sidney Schwartz '29
Clayton Serflek '29
Armin Stamate '26
Noah Veras '29
Zoe Weber '27
Chloe Weintraub '29
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RE team 4330G B.E.A.D. received the Judges Award -
RE team 4330P Robopigeons received the Create Award -
RE robotics team members at the 2025 VEX competition -
RE robotics team members at the 2025 VEX competition -
RE team 4330G B.E.A.D. fine-tune their robot -
RE team 4330P Robopigeons -
RE team 4330G B.E.A.D. -
RE coach and event organizer Bob DuBard at the 2025 VEX competition -
RE robotics team members at the 2025 VEX competition -
Event organizer and RE coach Bob DuBard polls competitors during alliance selection -
RE team members compete in the quarter-finals -
The 2025 VEX V5 Robotics Competition at RE
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