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Edwin Marte does the Gator Chomp with students in the Dominican Republic

UF professor helps Dominican teens refine fire-snuffing robot from 1,000 miles away

May 19, 2026

From Gainesville to the Dominican Republic, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering professor Edwin Marte mentored students via Zoom as they redesigned a fire-detecting robot that earned international recognition in Singapore.

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