This Sunday the sixth annual FIRST Robotics Competition San Diego Regional took place. The free event was held at the Valley View Casino Center, and it attracted more than 10,000 viewers over 3 days (union tribune). This competition began 21 years ago with Dean Kamen, the man who created the Segway, he wants this completion to “inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people and the community (union tribune)”More than 56 high schools competed this Saturday, 30 of which were local, overall more than 2,400 students will be participating nationwide this year. This competition is very important to many it has even been called the “Super Bowl of Smarts.” A name fit for the competitors, whom spent six weeks building a robot from a motorcycle battery, power distribution boards, and clear polycarbonate casings. This year the game was “Rebound Rumble” therefore their robots had to be capable of moving around “a basketball court,” pick up balls from the floor, shoot baskets, and move through obstacles. In the end five winning teams will have the opportunity to go onto championships in St. Louis, those teams are: Super NURDs from San Pasqual High School, Code Orange from River Springs Charter School and Heritage Christian School in Dana Point, T-Birds from Yucaipa High School, the Holy Cows from High Tech High School in Point Loma, and Team Spyder from Poway High School.
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