Robo Racing: Robots Built by High School Students compete in Car Racing

Posted on February 20, 2008
Filed Under Robot Sports

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After gearing up over the past six weeks designing and building their robots and plotting their game strategy, more than 2,000 high school students from dozens of high schools will ship their machines today to the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton for the 12th annual New Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. This year’s contest, dubbed “FIRST Overdrive” for its car racing-like characteristics, takes place Feb. 29 and March 1, 2008.

During the two-day event, the sophisticated, autonomously and
remote-controlled robots will compete in a series of qualifying matches
before the quarter-finals and final matches on Saturday afternoon. The
FIRST competition is about more than outscoring opponents, though. Teams
are judged on design, team spirit, professionalism and ability to overcome
problems. FIRST enables students to explore a professional field not
commonly experienced at the high-school level.

The New Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition is free and open to the
public. Visitors can enjoy the excitement and watch the high schoolers on
Friday, February 29 and Saturday, March 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
“FIRST Overdrive” game will feature robots, which have been designed to
race around a track knocking down 40-inch inflated balls and moving them
around the track, passing them either over or under a 6-foot, 6-inch
overpass.

New Jersey FIRST Robotics Competition via MotorNewsNet.com