Newmark secures its future in a robot competition.Newmark is giving a group of high school inventors from the Bronx a chance to take the robot they designed and enter an international championships. The company's donation completes the effort to send 30 students from Herbert H. Lehman High School Herbert H. Lehman High School is a public high school at 3000 East Tremont Avenue, in the Bronx, New York City, U.S.A. The school is named after former New York State Governor Herbert Henry Lehman (1878 – 1963). to a Super Bowl of Smarts, a competitive 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 competition in Atlanta, Ga., later this month. The students are competing in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, which challenges teams of young people and corporate engineers to build robots in just six weeks using a standard kit of parts and a common set of rules. The remote-controlled robots then compete against each other in two-minute games in high-tech spectator sporting events. Segway inventor Dean Kamen Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating. His father is Jack Kamen, an illustrator of Weird Science and other EC Comics. created the competition in 1992 as a way to inspire high school students to learn about science and technology and potentially grow the engineering and technology work force. However, Newmark executive Barry Gosin said the benefits of the competition extend even further. "Competition like this emphasizes creativity, communication, project management and partnerships. Those are the cornerstones of virtually every business, including ones as seemingly diverse as engineering and real estate," said Gosin, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Newmark. The FIRST Robotics Competition The FIRST Robotics Competition is a high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. As of early 2007, 1,303 high school teams of 32,500[1] students from Brazil, Canada, The Netherlands, Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and others compete to defines winning as "building partnerships that last." Teams are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious gra·cious adj. 1. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. 2. Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor. 3. professionalism and maturity and ability to overcome obstacles. "At a company like Newmark, those are goals and objectives we take very seriously. I was happy to sponsor participation in an organization that echoed our values so clearly," Gosin said. The FIRST Robotics Competition draws teams from every state, as well as from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The championship will run from April 21 to April 23. The Herbert H. Lehman Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of New York. He served as the Governor of New York from 1933 until 1942, and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1949 until 1957. team won the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. area regional championship, but was unable to raise enough money to send the team to the next level of competition. "Even after all our fund-raising efforts Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported , we were short the amount we needed to register our robot in the competition," said Robert Leder, principal of the school. "We are grateful to Newmark for making a dream come true for our students." |
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