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Pitt County Team Trains to Emerge as Champions

The FIRST Robotics Team from Pitt County revealed their robot in South Central High School's library. With team members from each of the six high schools in the county, the students worked incessantly on a robot with the parts and set of rules delivered to them.

28 Feb 2011

Rochester Robotics Rally Helps Teams Gear Up for Final Competition

The Penfield High School was the venue for the Rochester Rally, an annual pre-competition event for the robotics team. A corporate team mentor for “Rolling Thunder”, Lee Drake describes it as an annual event for students to test-drive their robots for the 20th annual international competition.

28 Feb 2011

Robotics Team from Vallejo High Prepares for Davis Competition

Sponsored by a mortuary when they began their quest in robotics, the team at Vallejo High School has created a monster which took over 6 weeks. Their latest creation, a clawed 5-ft high robot, can grow up to 10-ft using its extendable arms. The monster is also capable of carrying a smaller robot which can climb a 10-ft long pole.

28 Feb 2011

Teen Robotic Engineers Display Talent at New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark was the destination chosen for the annual FIRST Tech Challenge.

28 Feb 2011

School Team Brainstorms for Nebraska Robotics Expo

The Strategic Air and Space Museum near Ashland brought together over 800 students from all over Iowa and Nebraska for the Nebraska Robotics Expo. The teams were required to develop a robot which was capable of performing tasks in front of the judges.

28 Feb 2011

Lego Encourages Children to Take Up Robotics

Potomac School students built a Lego Robot with Lego Mindstorms pieces. Roberta, capable of fixing a damaged heart, casting a broken bone, destroying bad blood cells and distributing medicines, however did not qualify for the First Lego League robot-building competition’s Maryland state championship. Roberta was the first attempt for the group of under-13 girls.

28 Feb 2011