Technology & Learning - May 2008 - (Page 14) ROBOT WRANGLERS The annual FIRST Championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta last month had more than 1,500 student teams from the U.S. and seven other nations building and operating their own robots from a kit of hundreds of parts. This year’s game, called “FIRST Overdrive,” tested students’ and their robots’ ability to race around a track knocking down 40-inch inflated balls and passing them either over or under a six-and-a-half-foot overpass. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and other robotic devices, started the program in 1989. The mission: to motivate young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math while building life skills (FIRST is an acronym—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). “It is inspiring the next generation of innovators and engineers,” says Kamen. “Years from now, some of the students who competed in the Georgia Dome will be inventing solutions to society’s most challenging problems.” The organization also recognized the recipients of educational scholarships worth nearly $10 million from the most prestigious science and engineering schools in the country, such as Georgia Institute of Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Purdue University. Along with the robotics competition, FIRST also hosts a Tech Challenge for high school students, the FIRST LEGO League for children 9–14 years old, and the Junior FIRST LEGO League for kids 6–9 years old. To learn how to compete next year, go to www.usfirst.org 14 | www.techlearning.com http://www.usfirst.org http://www.techlearning.com
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