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Norman robot teams invade competition

Norman Transcript
February 8, 2012 - 3:18 am

NORMAN — Two Norman area robotic teams have excelled in respective competitions, with the Sooner Norman Advanced Robotics Collaboration taking top honors and a First Lego League team, the OzBots, advancing to compete at a World Festival in April.

Robotics teams demonstrate projects

Billings Gazette
February 8, 2012 - 12:41 am

Germ Busters team member Quinn Sanderson, 10, talks about the Food Factor Challenge with her mother, Sara, and brother, North, 7, as teams celebrate their awards in the recent Lego First Robotics League Competition Tuesday.

Atascadero High School FIRST Robotics honored at White House

KSBY San Luis Obispo News
February 7, 2012 - 8:05 pm

The pair demonstrated their championship robot, "Titan" and had a chance to get publicity and recognition for the FIRST program, or "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology." The trip was paid for through the FIRST program.

News You Can Use 2-7-12

Gateway
February 7, 2012 - 3:00 pm

Events at the expo include the Nebraska FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament, the Junior FIRST LEGO Fair and the CEENBoT Showcase. This year's events will also feature the expo's first Creative Visual Arts Expo, which will include robotic-themed ...

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

Virtual Press Office (press release)
February 7, 2012 - 10:32 am

A full list of the CTEq's members participating in this scaling up effort is below. Change the Equation (CTEq) is an unprecedented non-profit, non-partisan initiative of business leaders who are connecting and aligning their philanthropy and advocacy ...

St. Catherine of Siena School Shines

Patch.com
February 7, 2012 - 10:02 am

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School took home first place in the State of Georgia FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament By Gaetana Pipia St. Catherine's team takes home the gold in the state FIRST LEGO League Robotics Tournament.

High School Students will soon compete in robot contests

WXYZ
February 6, 2012 - 9:59 pm

In three weeks, they'll be kicking off a series of contests in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Students design robots to complete a series of tasks, like shooting balls at targets or balancing on a bridge. The robots battle it out against other teams ...

Darlington hosts FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition

Rome News Tribune
February 5, 2012 - 9:40 am

by Kevin Myrick, staff writer Robots invaded the Darlington School campus again Saturday for the regional competition of the FIRST Tech Challenge robotics program, bringing in teams from as far away as Mississippi with their technical creations.

First Robotics Competition teams are busy building robots

NJ.com
February 2, 2012 - 11:27 am

By The Messenger-Gazette Central Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams are very busy building their large, complex, sophisticated 130 lb. robots as they are winding down the “Build Phase” of the 2012 FRC season. This year's game is called ...

First Robotics Update from Team 341, Miss Daisy

Product Design & Development
January 30, 2012 - 4:19 pm

By FRC Team #341, Miss Daisy FIRST Robotics Team #341, Miss Daisy, provides an update on their build progress for the FRC competition. Miss Daisy is part of the Wissahickon Robotics Program, which is an after-school activity designed to inspire young ...