9th Annual Robotics Competition to Showcase Robots

Ninth Annual Robotics Competition to Showcase Dozens of Giant Robots at Denham Springs High School
Posted on 08/19/2022
Denham Springs High School STEM & Robotics Center Instructor and Denham Venom Coach Daniel Eiland served as the emcee of last year’s Dow Red Stick Rumble, which was held at the DSHS Hornsby Gym.  The school will host the event again on Aug. 27, and Eiland will once again emcee the competition.Ninth Annual Robotics Competition to Showcase Dozens of Giant Robots at Denham Springs High School


DENHAM SPRINGS, La
- Denham Springs High School will host the ninth annual Dow Red Stick Rumble Robotics Competition on Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the school’s Hornsby Gym, located along Yellow Jacket Boulevard in Denham Springs.
The Dow Red Stick Rumble will pit 20 FIRST® Robotics Competition teams from Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi as they show off their 120-pound robots in a bid to win the Red Stick Rumble Trophy. FIRST® is a global robotics community preparing young people for the future and the world's leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education.

The competition, sponsored by Dow Chemical, has been held annually since 2013 and has brought in thousands of students from across the South, inspiring them to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and robotics. Attendees can watch the competition and tour the Red Stick Rumble pits where all the teams work to prepare and repair their robots.

“There’s nothing like seeing students excited about STEM. Classroom learning is important, but students who are part of a robotics team are learning real world skills like design, manufacturing, and programming that can’t be taught through a textbook or a lecture,” said Michael Simmons, director of the Denham Springs High School STEM and Robotics Center.

The event is free and open to the public. Food will be sold at the Denham Springs High School Snack Bar. More information can be found at http://www.dsstem.org/rsr.