| FIRST Robotics Competition
 Genius
in Action
The core of the high school-level FIRST Robotics Competition
(FRC) is the design and building of a robotic competitor.
Each year in early January, FIRST
unveils the competition or “game” at an annual
kick-off event that is beamed by NASA satellite to venues
all over the world. This is the first glimpse students get
of the game they will have to design their robot to play.
Working in teams, students have just six weeks
to create their robot. They get the opportunity to work
with programmable radio controls, pneumatics, motors, electrical
circuits, mechanics, machining, web design, computer animation,
computer assisted design, and other technologies –
just like professional engineers and technologists do.
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Following the six-week design and build
phase, teams compete at regional tournaments held
in major metropolitan centers across the US as well
as in Canada and Israel. In 2009 season there will
be 41 regional competitions involving 1,700 high school
communities and 42,500 students.
New York City / New Jersey FIRST is
offering two FIRST Robotics Competitions during the
2009 season: February 26-28 at Sovereign Bank Arena
in Trenton, NJ and March 6-8 at the Jacob JAvits Convention
Center in Manhattan.
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The 2009 FRC season culminates in the FIRST
Championship, to be held April 16-18 at the Georgia Dome in
Atlanta, GA. Over 27,000 students, family, and friends will
gather from around the world to compete and celebrate.
2009 New Jersey FIRST
Robotics Competition
2009 New York City
FIRST Robotics Competition
2009
FIRST Championship
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