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UT College of Engineering helps kick off robot season; Secret City Wildbots take part

Posted at 9:46 pm January 6, 2015
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From left to right, Eli Charles, Olivia Mahathy, Steven Charles. and Moire Gabor, part of the Secret City Wildbots from Oak Ridge High School, work on the initial stages of their robot. (Photos courtesy UT)

 

KNOXVILLE—For many, the end of football season usually means attention turns to basketball, but for more than 400 budding scientists and engineers who came to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville on Saturday it marks the start of something else: robot season.

FIRST Robotics kicked off its 2015 game, Recycle Rush, with a live reveal broadcast online to teams around the world, including 29 teams who gathered at Cox Auditorium on the UT campus.

“Saturday marks the first time that any of the teams get to see the challenge of this year’s game,” said L.J. Robinson, Tennessee’s regional director of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). “The kickoff event is a big deal in its own right, with gatherings held around the world to watch the announcement.

“Certainly, it’s an exciting moment for those new to the competition.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Education, K-12, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Hamel, College of Engineering, Eli Charles, FIRST, FIRST Robotics, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, L.J. Robinson, Masood Parang, Moire Gabor, Oak Ridge High School, Olivia Mahathy, Recycle Rush, robots, Secret City Wildbots, Steven Charles, University of Tennessee, UT

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