This weekend was the FIRST robotics competition at the Javits Center here in NYC , an event where radical of scholar vie to see who build the ripe robot in the six - hebdomad contender window . How it works :
The centre of the gamy shoal – level FIRST Robotics Competition ( FRC ) is the purpose and building of a robotlike challenger . Each year in former January , FIRST unveil the contender or “ plot ” at an annual flush - off effect that is beamed by NASA satellite to auditoriums all over the worldly concern . This is the first glimpse students get of the biz they will have to design their robot to play .
make in squad , student have just six weeks to produce their robot . They get the opportunity to do work with programmable radiocommunication controls , pneumatics , motor , electrical circuits , mechanics , machining , WWW design , information processing system invigoration , computer serve design , and other technologies — just like professional engineer and technologist do .
Our intrepid videographerRichard Blakeleybraved the far west side to get the scoop . Above , check out a television of the heat of battle , with another video after the jumping with more details on on the button how the competition works . These Thomas Kyd are wholly awesome , and you ca n’t aid but find frantic about the hereafter when you ’ve get wizardry like this lined up to launch the world .
FIRST Robotics Competition[NYC / NJ First ]
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