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Selected Opportunities & Resources: Robotics This list features some excellent opportunities available to middle and high school students. Visit our website at www.cty.jhu.edu/imagine for links to additional summer programs, competitions, and recommended websites. COMPETITIONS B.E.S.T. Robotics Design Contest Middle and high school students build a radio-controlled robot that can perform assigned tasks. Teams are placed geographically into "hubs," which compete locally; champions are sent to regional tournaments at Texas A&M University and Auburn University. See website to contact or organize a hub in your area. www.bestinc.org Botball Educational Robotics Program Over six weeks, middle and high school students learn to program in C and use a kit to build and program a robot that can operate autonomously. Students compete regionally and internationally. The 2015 international competition was held in Albuquerque, NM. (See page 19 for an article about this program.) www.botball.org BotsIQ Teams of three or more middle or high school students work with an adult advisor to build a robot that competes in one-to-one or "rumble" combat matches. Competitions take place on both the local and national level (2015: Miami, FL). Prizes include trophies and software for the winners' schools. www.botsiq.org DARPA Robots4Us Students in grades 9-12 submit a 2- to 3-minute video that shows the kind of robot-assisted society they would like to see in the coming years. Five winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in Pomona, CA, where they will discuss their ideas with a panel of experts. www.theroboticschallenge.org/Robots4Us 30 imagine eCYBERMISSION Teams of 3-4 students in grades 6-9 choose a "Mission Challenge" and use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve a real problem in their community related to energy; environment; food, health, and fitness; forces and motion; national security and safety; robotics; or technology. Firstand second-place winning state teams receive a $1,000 or $500 U.S. savings bond per member, respectively; first-place regional winners receive a $2,000 savings bond per student and an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, for the national competition, where each member of the winning team receives a $5,000 savings bond. www.ecybermission.com FIRST LEGO League Using LEGO MINDSTORMS kits, teams of students ages 9-14 build robots to meet the year's challenge (2015: Trash Trek) and then compete at the local and state level. The winning team will be offered the opportunity to develop, produce, and take their invention to market. (Students ages 6-9 may participate in Jr. FLL.) www.usfirst.org/ roboticsprograms/fll FIRST Robotics Competition In this international robotics competition, teams of high school students are issued a standard kit of parts and work with professional engineers to design and build a remote-controlled robot for competition in regional, state, and district games (2015 theme: Recycle Rush). Winning teams advance to the championships in St. Louis, MO. Prizes include more than $20 million in scholarships. (See page 16 for an article about this competition.) www.usfirst.org/ roboticsprograms/frc FIRST Tech Challenge Teams of students in grades 9-12 design, build, and program autonomous robots on a theme (2015: Cascade Effect). Teams advance from local qualifying tournaments to state championships and the World Championship Tournament, held in St. Louis, MO. Prizes include nearly $20 million in college scholarships. www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc Google Science Fair Students ages 13-18 investigate an area of science or engineering and enter their projects online. The grand prize includes a $50,000 scholarship, a trip to the Galapagos Islands, and an "experience" at a sponsoring organization. In addition, one finalist or team from each of three age categories receives a $25,000 scholarship. Additional prizes include money to help students develop their projects and cash for schools. www.googlesciencefair.com Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Two individuals and one team from each of 500 Intel ISEF-Affiliated Science Fairs advance to the international competition. These high school students compete for scholarships in 17 categories. The top winner at the international competition receives a $75,000 scholarship, and two $50,000 scholarships are awarded in Best in Show categories. Additional prizes include cash awards, scholarships, grants, and trips. Multiple special awards are also presented. www.societyforscience.org/isef Sept/Oct 2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2015

Circuit Training Electrical Engineering at CTY
Turning Brainwaves into Action Meet ARTIE, the robot activated by thoughts
Robotics in the Real World How robots are helping us explore space, overcome disability, and so much more
My First FIRST The climbing robot that taught me to aim high
Adventures in Botball
So Much Fun, It’s Inhuman Destroying the competition in combat robotics
Born to Build The making of an engineer
The Engineering Summer Academy at Penn Three weeks that launched my future
Music in the Woods Six weeks at Tanglewood
Big Picture
In My Own Words Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse and Robogenesis
Selected Opportunities and Resources
Off the Shelf Review of Obert Sky’s Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
Word Wise
Exploring Career Options Interview with NASA robotics engineer Jaakko Karras
One Step Ahead Be fearless
Planning Ahead for College Express lessons in financial aid
Students Review Dartmouth College
Creative Minds Imagine Poetry contest winners
Mark Your Calendar
Knossos Games

Imagine Magazine - Johns Hopkins - September/October 2015