As part of their annual 'eWeek' (Engineers Week) celebration the Case
School of Engineering organizes a Lego Robotics Competition for local
area high school students. The robots might be built with
Legos
but they are programmed with the programming language NQC.
Student programmers and builders worked together in teams of
3 to
construct 3 different robots for the competition last year.
One
of our teams made it through the elimination rounds to the
quarter-finals but was stopped by an unfortunate collision that evaded
the robot's sensors.
Students have learned from the events of past competitions and use that
knowledge to improve on our designs and program. We have been
attending the eWeek Lego Robotics Competition since the 2002-2003
school year and we look forward to this year's event.
FIRST is an acronym
that
stands for For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology. US First is the Foundation that runs the renowned
FRC
(FIRST Robotics Competition). The FRC is a National
Competition
that consists of not only high school students but also professional
engineers, technicians, sponsors that serve as mentors to the
students. FIRST promotes the concept of "Gracious
Professionalism" as their way of fostering intense competition but
balancing it with a spirit of community and mutual respect.
St. Edward High School sponsored a team for the 2002-03 and 2003-04
competitions with the help of NASA to compete at the "Buckeye Regional"
event at the Wolstein Center of CSU. We returned for the
2006-2007 season with the help of an anynomous donor. This
year
we are soliciting sponsors, planning early, and getting ready for the
new season.
