US FIRST - Let The Best Robot Win - NAPSTV

EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ENTER A ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION CONDUCTED BY FIRST—SHORT FOR: FOR INSPIRATION AND RECOGNITION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. ASPIRING YOUNG ENGINEERS RECEIVE A FIRST ROBOT CHALLENGE, ALONG WITH A KIT OF ROBOT PARTS, BUT NO INSTRUCTIONS. WORKING WITH MENTORS, THEY HAVE JUST SIX WEEKS TO DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST ROBOTS TO PERFORM IN THE CHALLENGE.

STUDENTS THEN PUT THEIR METAL AND MENTAL MUSCLE TO THE TEST AT REGIONAL COMPETITIONS, WHICH CULMINATE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS YEARʼS CHAMPIONSHIP SAW TWENTY-THOUSAND SPECTATORS, STUDENTS, MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHERED AT THE GEORGIA DOME
IN ATLANTA.

COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MORE THAN NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS.

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Science & Technology

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• Robots
• science
• students
• FIRST