{"id":52304,"date":"2026-07-10T17:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/52304\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:21:17","slug":"ut-san-antonio-robotics-team-wins-global-engineering-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/52304\/","title":{"rendered":"UT San Antonio robotics team wins global engineering competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight first-year UT San Antonio students are the new champions of the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. This global engineering competition began with more than 1,900 participants, and after three rounds of competition the all-freshman team stood out from the rest.<\/p>\n

Competing as Team 210 Robotics, the students met the competition\u2019s challenge with an innovative sustainability solution that uses immersive engineering \u2014 a technique that connects the virtual and physical worlds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this freshmen team has accomplished is incredible.\u00a0 The way they have worked together across disciplines, learned new technologies and built a working design surpassed what we imagined for them,\u201d said Eric Brey, dean of the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design. \u201cBy offering them the environment, infrastructure and connections, we wanted to support a path for them to move forward independently and successfully. Seeing them grow with this project and inevitably win first place is an inspiration for us and future students\u201d<\/p>\n

The students gave one final presentation to an executive judging panel today, demonstrating their autonomous robotic project, RoboRowdy. The robot aims to improve mid- to large-scale 3D print farms by automating part removal and building plate cleaning and print restarts.<\/p>\n

In April, their project earned the team a spot as a finalist in this global competition<\/a>, a historic feat, as they became the first and only United States university team to reach this level of the competition.<\/p>\n

Learn why Team 210 Robotics designed RoboRowdy.<\/p>\n

As finalists, the students earned invitations in June to attend the Siemens annual convention in Detroit, Realize LIVE 2026. The event draws global technology companies, giving the students prime exposure to future professional pathways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first started this challenge, none of us knew what to expect. We had two main goals: to create something we could learn from and something we were ultimately proud of. Looking back today, I can confidently say we shattered both,\u201d team lead Israel Elizondo said. \u201cThis experience challenged us to grow as students, teammates, and as friends. I am honored to have worked alongside such a passionate and committed group, and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who supported us and helped us turn this idea into reality. Birds Up!\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded by Elizondo, the team came together in the Honors College\u2019s Guadalupe Hall. Other members of the team include\u00a0Andrew Romo,\u00a0Darik Pratt, Jiseo Chon, Dyshana Torres Rivera, Vian Chen,\u00a0Roman Benavides and\u00a0Gray Samiengo. The team was made aware of the competition by Siemens Student Ambassador and freshman engineering student Jacob White.<\/p>\n

As the undergraduates prepare for next year\u2019s competition, they\u2019re turning this achievement into a foundation for the future by creating a multidisciplinary student organization that will foster collaboration, encourage innovation, and support the next generation of robotics leaders.<\/p>\n

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly attributed Jacob White as a team member. He served the team as a student ambassador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight first-year UT San Antonio students are the new champions of the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge. This global…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21002],"tags":[6487,42253],"class_list":["post-52304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-siemens","tag-siemens","tag-student-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}