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High School Robotics Competition Kicks Off

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-fun-till-they-nuke-the-colonies dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Some 35,000 high school students from over 1500 high schools in eight countries today began competing in the annual US FIRST student robotics contest. This year's competition, dubbed FIRST Overdrive, challenges the student teams to build semi-autonomous robots that will move 40-inch diameter inflatable balls around a playing field and score the most points. In this year's game, two alliances of three teams each work collaboratively to win each round. An animated simulation of the game (in several video formats) is available online."

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  1. Re:i guess that was the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, You were the second FIRST post. Thanks for trying though.

  2. All these robotics stories mean that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you know what this means? Lots of semen-guzzling robots looking forward to playing with your giant balls.