Tomorrow , squad of rough and tumble robots will face off in an elaborate competition involving hard - hitting association football in a robo - quick jungle gym arena . The craziest part : all the bots are progress by mellow shoal students .
At tomorrow ’s FIRST Robot Competition Championship , student - made robotswill demonstrate their mastery of a series of daunting challenge , range from soccer shootouts to robot - on - robot gymnastic exercise that might well terminate with some competitors in pieces on the playing orbit . Check out this demonstration video of the challenge , dub Breakaway , to see how all these feats will torment up points for the teams :
fall in me tomorrow to take in the Championship live ( NASA ’s provide the feed ) during which I ’ll be covering the legal action and enamor the highlights of what ’s certain to be an amazing match .
FIRST , an establishment set up by Segway - discoverer and general tech thaumaturge Dean Kamen to nourish younker interest in science and technology , has put on the competition every year since 1992 . This class , over 150,000 students have competed for over $ 12 million in scholarships , and tomorrow ’s winners in Atlanta will go on to compete subsequently in the FIRST World Championship .
The competitors in the FIRST Robot Competition Championship are the corking engineers of the hereafter . Hopefully , for everyone ’s sake , their robots will give up under pressure . [ FIRST ]
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