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U.S. First 2001 Competition Begins

Posted by Hemos on from the let-the-games-begin dept.

Borodir writes: "Technically it's just FIRST now, but this is an awesome competition for high school students, in which they build robots that compete at a national level. Over the last couple of years, this competition has really been growing, they now have over 500 teams. The idea behind the competition is to encourage students to go into some form of engineering, the students even write their own code for their robots. "

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  1. EE, CS geeks need not apply by slashdot-me · · Score: 3

    No electronics, no software. You'd better be a mechanical engineer, welder, or machinist if you want to participate. All the interesting parts are handed to you in a little plastic box. Budding EEs will have to be content with relays and limit switches. At least that was the story when I competed 5 or 6 years ago.

    Ryan