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FIRST Robotics is an international robotics competition for high school students. Each January, teams are given the objectives of the year's game and a set of parts. Teams must build their 120lb robots within certain specifications over the course of six weeks. Teams compete regionally at first and then compete at a national level.
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Fast Facts
- Founded in 1989 by Segway inventor Dean Kamen USFIRST: FIRST at a glance
- Participants: 42,000 students USFIRST: FIRST at a glance
- Teams: 1,700 USFIRST: FIRST at a glance
- Teams are sponsored by companies in engineering, aerospace, automotive and education fields USFIRST: How it works
- Events held in more than half a dozen countries USFIRST: Facts at a glance
- FIRST organizes several different competitions for different ages and grade levels USFIRST: Home page
- FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" USFIRST: Home page
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Lego League
Since 1999, FIRST has organized the Lego League, a competition for younger students, as a compliment to its First Robotics Competition. In the Lego League, students ranging in age from nine to 14 use specialized Lego kits to build machines and solve problems. FIRST Lego League: Home page -
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Lunacy
In 2009, the game challenge was called Lunacy. Six FIRST teams competed in each match. They were divided into two alliances, red and blue. Each robot had to pull around a 40lb trailer. The main goal was to score moon rocks in the trailers on the opposing alliance. Each moon rock was worth two points. Watch the 2009 game animation for more details about autonomous mode, empty cells, and super cells.
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Congratulations to GSNC's Austin Cannon on being one of Long Island's "60 Over 60" -- HJMT produced event -$$ support FIRST Lego Robotics.
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Judging an elementary school FIRST LEGO League robotics competition.
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2009 First Lego League assembled Smart Move Lego Robotics comp board...awesome... http://twitpic.com/p1fi2
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@iGotchi My first big matlab project was for a robotics class.. fwd and reverse kinematics. We became awesome friends after that!
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