ROBOTICS RAGE: Area students build success, 1 at a time School robotics teams teach students STEM skills, teamwork and confidence Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://stargaz.tt/2k7pqxY Two days before the competition, Horseheads Intermediate School’s two teams squeezed in a final practice at the high school pool, fine-tuning their robots in the 45 minutes between a gym class and a swim team practice. The objective of their underwater ROV – remotely operated vehicle – was to drive to the bottom of the pool, pick up rings and T-shaped pipes, and surface with them.