Video: Robot Madness

Students used Lego robots to compete on a Mars-like obstacle course during an annual robotics competition at JPL.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Legos
• robot
• robotics
• NASA
• JPL
• Mars
• Jet
• Propulsion
• Laboratory

[justVme]

they're so cool, I wish I was that smart!

[The11thgrape]

1:12

"The computer always does what you tell it to do... but it's not always what you want it to do."

Word. :)

[Borg343]

this was a good comp. I participated in the micro tech comp a few years back, it was super awesome.

[videoguidepr]

Great. I'm studying medicine and is great to see how technology is raising. Good job kids.

[Firetornados]

These kids are our future and our savior

[pongman]

You sound like Ayn Rand.

[dearkalem]

wow nice parents and kids which they dont spend time on playin stupid games but do some work on them

[WilljTheDistance]

well good for these kids even if this is a little nerdy i would tell these kids to work hard and have fun

[lvecsey]

bill gates = a rare exception of striking a deal which was essentially with a clueless company at the time (ibm). if we have learned anything over the years many companies have a level of stupidity to them in their day to day actions

these programs are good but its important for teachers to have more than a superficial interest. a tricky dichotomy because the nature of school systems are to average out the abilities of students; to purposefully dampen those that show a propensity to excel