USA World Robotics Championship
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Help send our Australian Robotics Champions to the USA World Finals
After winning the Queensland and Australian competitions, four students from Noosa's Good Shepherd Lutheran College have been invited to the USA to represent Australia in the finals of the FIRST Tech Challenge, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri late in April.
FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a New Hampshire based not-for-profit public charity, was founded to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology.
The FIRST Technology Challenge competition involves robots assembled and programmed by the competing teams. "Every team in the worldwide competition, from the outset, are supplied the same box of components from FIRST. These are used to create the robot so no one is at a disadvantage; although you can include extra parts as long as they comply with the rules. We didn't incorporate any extra parts to win the State competition, but added some Lego parts for the national finals", explains James Clare, programmer and one of the four team members.
The game itself has to be seen to be explained and for the skill levels involved to be appreciated. This YouTube video is an excellent overview of the game.
Winning the game, out of 400,000 students from 80 countries, is NOT the aim of the game. As Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST, explains, "FIRST is more than robots. The robots are a vehicle for students to learn important life skills. Kids often come in not knowing what to expect - of the program nor of themselves. They leave, even after the first season, with a vision, with confidence, and with a sense that they can create their own future".
Mason Trout, one of the three engineers, said "a great thing about the FTC community, is that competing teams are so incredibly generous and kind. At every stage of the competition, if we ever had a problem, other teams would offer help, even if we were going up against them in the next round. As this was the schools first time entering this competition we didn't know what to expect. We quickly picked up on how others acted and adopted the same attitude towards everyone else.”
We wish James Clare, Mason Trout, Toby Wuiske and Hugo Reitano, the best of luck across in the States. Win or lose these 15/16 year old young men have already achieved greatly and are beneficiaries of Dean Kamen's vision: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."
The team needs to raise money to help pay for flights and accommodation in the USA. After working so hard, and achieving these amazing results, competing in the World Championships will be the culmination of an outstanding year of hard work and dedication. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these young men. We need to raise $15,000 to get us to the competition.
All contributions are greatly appreciated no matter how small.
Funding levels:
> $500 - Logo displayed as a sticker on the side of the robot and mentioned as a contributor on the college website and Facebook pages with links to your business.
> $1000 - Logo displayed as a sticker on the side of the robot, logo displayed on team shirts, advertisement offered in School newsletter and mentioned as a contributor on the college website and Facebook pages with links to your business.
After winning the Queensland and Australian competitions, four students from Noosa's Good Shepherd Lutheran College have been invited to the USA to represent Australia in the finals of the FIRST Tech Challenge, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri late in April.
FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a New Hampshire based not-for-profit public charity, was founded to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology.
The FIRST Technology Challenge competition involves robots assembled and programmed by the competing teams. "Every team in the worldwide competition, from the outset, are supplied the same box of components from FIRST. These are used to create the robot so no one is at a disadvantage; although you can include extra parts as long as they comply with the rules. We didn't incorporate any extra parts to win the State competition, but added some Lego parts for the national finals", explains James Clare, programmer and one of the four team members.
The game itself has to be seen to be explained and for the skill levels involved to be appreciated. This YouTube video is an excellent overview of the game.
Winning the game, out of 400,000 students from 80 countries, is NOT the aim of the game. As Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST, explains, "FIRST is more than robots. The robots are a vehicle for students to learn important life skills. Kids often come in not knowing what to expect - of the program nor of themselves. They leave, even after the first season, with a vision, with confidence, and with a sense that they can create their own future".
Mason Trout, one of the three engineers, said "a great thing about the FTC community, is that competing teams are so incredibly generous and kind. At every stage of the competition, if we ever had a problem, other teams would offer help, even if we were going up against them in the next round. As this was the schools first time entering this competition we didn't know what to expect. We quickly picked up on how others acted and adopted the same attitude towards everyone else.”
We wish James Clare, Mason Trout, Toby Wuiske and Hugo Reitano, the best of luck across in the States. Win or lose these 15/16 year old young men have already achieved greatly and are beneficiaries of Dean Kamen's vision: "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."
The team needs to raise money to help pay for flights and accommodation in the USA. After working so hard, and achieving these amazing results, competing in the World Championships will be the culmination of an outstanding year of hard work and dedication. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these young men. We need to raise $15,000 to get us to the competition.
All contributions are greatly appreciated no matter how small.
Funding levels:
> $500 - Logo displayed as a sticker on the side of the robot and mentioned as a contributor on the college website and Facebook pages with links to your business.
> $1000 - Logo displayed as a sticker on the side of the robot, logo displayed on team shirts, advertisement offered in School newsletter and mentioned as a contributor on the college website and Facebook pages with links to your business.
Organizer
Ricky Sinclair
Organizer
Peregian Springs, QLD