NORFOLK, Va. — Greater than 200 center and highschool college students from the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia are testing their abilities in science and know-how on the FIRST Tech Problem Robotics Norfolk qualifier.
The competitors was held at Norfolk State College’s Gill gymnasium.
The brightest college students throughout the DMV had been challenged of their teamwork and ingenuity abilities.
The competitors is offered by the POWERPLAY problem sponsored by Raytheon Know-how.
College students that win the Norfolk VA qualifier will advance on to the FIRST Chesapeake Tech Problem Championship, which will likely be sponsored by Capital One in Severn, Maryland on February 11.
Nathan Dsouza, an eighth grader at L Douglas Wilder Center Faculty, tells Information 3 that as we speak’s occasion is the right alternative for him to study extra about robotics from his friends.
“Properly, it is all about studying from different groups as we’re center faculty college students, had been you understand, at all times studying and I really feel like it is a nice alternative to have a look at a few of the highschool robots and take some issues in, mentioned Dsouza.”
The purpose of as we speak’s qualifier is just not solely to pick out the highest groups to advance to the championship competitors however to advertise problem-solving in collaborative settings.
Judges took notes on groups’ problem-solving abilities, teamwork, and the way properly they kind alliances with one another to assist their robots full every course.
Crew captain, CJ Frazier, a sophomore at Tunstall Excessive Faculty tells Information 3 that he’s having fun with the expertise and appears ahead to having enjoyable.
“It should be a enjoyable day and there are a number of folks on the market which are placing themselves on the market for the wonderful stuff they made and I am unable to wait to see how all the things checks out, mentioned Frazier.”
To study extra concerning the FIRST Tech Problem Robotics competitors go to firstchesapeake.org
