Jan 10 2011
The students of St Patrick’s Bearnageeha, a north Belfest school, who recently won the 2010 First Lego League (FLL) Northern Ireland finals, will participate at the FLL UK and Ireland National Final, at Loughborough University, on behalf of Belfest.
Students from St Patrick's Bearnageeha
In the 2010 FLL competition, they had created a Lego robot to perform jobs related to the Body Forward challenge theme organized by W5. If the team wins the FLL UK and Ireland National Final, then they can participate at the World Festival in St Louis, USA, on behalf of the UK.
This year’s topic deals with the merging of engineering with conventional medical and biological sciences for the improvement of healthcare. Teams of children with ages ranging from 9 to 16 years have to exhibit their innovative solutions with respect to the topic. Rapid blood screening, nerve mapping, bionic eyes and object control via thought are some of the missions of the competition. The teams have to find out solutions to overpower genetic predispositions, fix injuries and optimize the potential of the body by programming their Lego Mindstorms robots.
The participating teams demonstrating skills will be evaluated in four areas such as project presentation, teamwork, robot performance and technical design.