CHATSWORTH ROBOTICS TEAM WANTS TO SPLIT SCHOLARSHIP.Byline: - Joseph Giordono A week after winning a national competition, the Chatsworth Chatsworth, estate, Derbyshire, central England, near Chesterfield. It is the seat of the dukes of Devonshire. Begun in 1552, the present Classical-style Chatsworth House was rebuilt in 1686. High School robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions team has decided to split the $10,000 scholarship award between its top two members. While school officials were unclear whether the competition's rules allow splitting the prize, the 62-member team voted to divide the award between its two MVPs: senior Matt Kaufman and David Schaffner Schaffner is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Schaffner. , a junior. ``The members decided unanimously that these two were the most integral to the team in winning the competition, and they wanted to reward both of them,'' said Wendy Wendy is a female name which may be used as a short form for Gwendolyn, or in its own right. Its popularity is attributed to the character Wendy Darling from the children's play and novel Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie. The character Wendy was inspired by a real girl. Wooten, Chatsworth science teacher and robotics team coach. ``We are checking with the sponsors now to see if that will be possible.'' The team held an open house Thursday Thursday: see week. night to display its prize-winning robot and the education materials used throughout the program. Now in its fifth year, the team won the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Chairman's Award at the National Robotics Championships last week in Orlando, Fla. The win also garnered the team an invitation to the White House later in the semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s . Chatsworth was among 550 schools nationwide in the competition, which includes involves manipulating beach and weather-balloon-size balls in a timed competition. The team is underwritten by a $45,000 grant from several local industries. |
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