Geek system.Eager to learn, Brazilian students take part in a robot competition A robotic competition is an event where robots have to accomplish a given task. Usually they have to beat other robots in order to become the best one. Most competitions are for schools but as time goes by, several professional competitions are arising. in Riverbank Park, in Manhattan Manhattan, indigenous people of North America Manhattan (mănhăt`ən), indigenous people of North America of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). , known as FIRST 2006. The competition, run by university students and young professionals working in engineering, science, math and technology, revolves around solving design problems by building robots for games. FIRST, an acronym acronym: see abbreviation. A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a non-profit group. Last year, its contests involved more than 60,000 students from nine to 14 years of age from 31 countries. Bringing kids into the sciences and math is important for society and good for business, and kids in the competition tend to work in those areas later in life. A study by Brandeis University Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as an independent, nonsectarian institution. in 2004 showed that students who take part in robot contests were twice as likely to become science or engineering majors in college. More than double ended up being engineers or scientists. PHOTO BY MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS * NEW YORK/USA |
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