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GHS Robotics
Team World Champions
Inventor Dean
Kamen recognizes best of young robotics competitors at
annual FIRST Championship
April 19, 2008
Lion Ledger
ATLANTA - April
19, 2008 - A team from Greenville High School emerged
victorious this weekend at the FIRST (For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship at the
Georgia Dome in Atlanta. It was the climax to weeks of
competition involving more than 1,500 teams from the United
States and seven other nations. The team, nicknamed
Robowranglers, was part of a three-team winning alliance
that included teams from Sterling Heights, Michigan and St.
Catharines, Ontario.
With no instructions, students had only six weeks to build
their robots from a kit of hundreds of parts. This year's
game, called "FIRST Overdrive," tested the students' and
robots' ability to race around a track knocking down 40"
inflated Trackballs and moving them around the track,
passing them either over or under a 6'6" overpass.
"FIRST is inspiring the next generation of innovators and
engineers," said Kamen. "Years from now, some of these
students will be inventing solutions to society's most
challenging problems."
FIRST also announced the recipients of numerous educational
scholarships worth approximately $10 million from the most
prestigious science and engineering schools.
A total of 37,500 high school students from the United
States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Mexico, the
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom participated in 41
regional competitions during March and April. Teams earned
their invitations to the Championship by excelling in
competitive play, sportsmanship and the development of
partnerships among schools, businesses and communities.
For a complete listing of awards, match results and
scholarship winners, please visit FIRST online at
www.usfirst.org.
SPONSORS
Autodesk, Inc. is the Official Championship Sponsor of the
2008 FIRST Championship. Other FIRST Championship sponsors
this year are: Abbott Laboratories; BAE Systems; The
Coca-Cola Company; FedEx Corporation - FIRST Shipping
Sponsor; NASA - Machine Shop and Satellite Broadcast
Sponsor; Underwriters Laboratories - FIRST Safety Partner;
Delphi Corporation - FIRST Hall of Fame Sponsor; Dassault
Falcon Jet Corporation - FIRST Hospitality Center Sponsor;
Association for Laboratory Automation - FIRST Judges Room &
Dinner Sponsor; Lockheed Martin Corporation - FIRST Event
Sponsor; Georgia Institute of Technology - FIRST Scholarship
Row Sponsor; Central Intelligence Agency and Rolls-Royce -
FIRST Robotics Conference Sponsors.
ABOUT FIRST
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST (For
Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in
1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in
young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs
accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence,
knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to
pursue opportunities in science, technology, and
engineering. With the support of many of the world's most
well-known companies, the not-for-profit organization hosts
the FIRST Robotics Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge for
high-school students, the FIRST Lego League for children
9-14 years old, and the Junior FIRST LEGO League for 6 to 9
year-olds. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.
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