2013 FIRST Robotics Game Announced

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2013 FIRST Robotics Game Announced

Founder Dean Kamen launched the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) season yesterday with the Kickoff of a new robotics game called ULTIMATE ASCENT. cheap iphone xr case outlet cheap iphone 7 case iphone xr case on sales Nearly 51,000 high-school students in 81 cities around the world joined the 2013 Kickoff via live NASA-TV broadcast and webcast. outlet iphone xr case online iphone 8 case for sale outlet iphone xs case Over 1,000 California high school students gathered at 6 Kickoff locations throughout the state. iphone xs case outlet uk

The 2013 game, ULTIMATE ASCENT, is played between two Alliances of three teams each. outlet iphone 8 case online outlet iphone 7 case online cheap iphone 8 case online Each Alliance competes by trying to score as many flying discs into their goals as possible during the two-minute and 15-second match. outlet iphone xr case iphone xs case on sales Discs scored in higher goals score Alliances more points. cheap iphone 8 case online outlet iphone xs case cheap iphone 7 case outlet Matches end with robots attempting to climb up pyramids located near the middle of the field. iphone xr case on sales iphone 8 case outlet uk Take a look at the One Page Game Description for more details. outlet iphone 7 case cheap iphone 8 case At the Kickoffs, FRC teams were shown the ULTIMATE ASCENT playing field and received a Kit of Parts made up of motors, batteries, a control system, a PC, and a mix of automation components – with no instructions. cheap iphone xs case outlet iphone xr case online outlet iphone 8 case outlet iphone 8 case cheap iphone 8 case outlet Working with adult Mentors, students now have six weeks to design, build, program, and test their robots to meet the season’s engineering challenge. cheap iphone xs case online iphone xr case outlet outlet iphone 8 case iphone 7 case on sales Stop Build date is February 19, 2013. Dr. iphone 8 case for sale Woodie Flowers shared a very eloquent explanation of one of the core values of FIRST,

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Directly after the Kickoff, many inspired teams went straight to work at strategizing, prioritizing and prototyping.

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