{"id":167882,"date":"2026-04-16T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167882\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:36:16","slug":"wired-for-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167882\/","title":{"rendered":"Wired for sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s Hayes Family Science Competition returned to the school Thursday with a demonstration of two student-programmed robots working together to strum the strings of a 5-foot-long replica guitar. Approximately 200 high school students from school districts across the region were on hand for the competition that brings students together for a day of hands-on science challenges focused on the theme \u201cWaves.\u201d Students worked to demonstrate problem-solving, teamwork and applied physics concepts while competing across two divisions for first-, second- and third-place trophies. The robot guitar is the event\u2019s signature moment, blending robotics, sound waves and engineering. Teams from Delaware Valley and North Pocono were the champions of Divisions 1 and 2, respectively, at the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A robot strums a replica guitar at the University of...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/STT-L-ROBOT-0417-04.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A robot strums a replica guitar at the University of Scranton\u2019s Byron Recreational Complex in Scranton Thursday, April 16, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A robot strums a replica guitar at the University of...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/STT-L-ROBOT-0417-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/STT-L-ROBOT-0417-02.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A robot strums a replica guitar at the University of Scranton\u2019s Byron Recreational Complex in Scranton Thursday, April 16, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"North Pocono students collaborate during the science competition in the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/STT-L-ROBOT-0417-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/STT-L-ROBOT-0417-03.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>North Pocono students collaborate during the science competition in the University of Scranton\u2019s Byron Recreational Complex in Scranton Thursday, April 16, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>A robot strums a replica guitar at the University of Scranton\u2019s Byron Recreational Complex in Scranton Thursday, April 16, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s Hayes Family Science Competition returned to the school Thursday with a demonstration of two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,803,28,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-167882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-luzerne-county","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-scranton","13":"tag-scranton-headlines","14":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}