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LEGO Robotics Tournament Sunday In Pleasantville
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PLEASANTVILLE-BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY - From Pace University:
WHAT: Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems will host the FIRST LEGO League Tournament, an annual event that encourages children to use their imagination, work with LEGOs, and learn about science and technology in a fun and exciting way. Each year, there is a different internationally announced challenge for the tournament. This year’s challenge is FIRST Relic Recovery. This is Pace’s 15th year as a host and organizer of FIRST robotics events.
Twenty-eight teams of children, ages 9-14, from Yonkers to Plattsburgh are participating this year. In addition to the predetermined tournament challenges that the robot will need to complete, the teams will be judged on robot design and programming, a 10-minute research presentation, and demonstrated teamwork.
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The FIRST Organization, founded by inventor Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway Human Transporter, teamed up with the LEGO Company to create FIRST LEGO League.
WHO: Groups competing in the tournament include local teams: Techno Chix: Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Pleasantville; Iron Devils and Mechanical Devils: Peekskill High School; The Chimera Tech, Tech Center at PNW BOCES, Yorktown; Jelly Fish: Blind Brook High School; Tech-Wise Guys: North Salem High School; Tesla Robots and STEM Flowers Riverside Eng. & Computer Design High School, Yonkers; Suffern Robotics: Suffern High School; Mamaroneck Tigers: Mamaroneck High School; Robocracy 4-H Club, Chappaqua; Robomaniacs: Neighborhood Group, Pleasantville; Indians and Metal Benders: John Jay High School, Cross River; Robo Raiders: Scarsdale High School; Garage Mechanics: Community Team, Putnam Valley.
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WHEN: Sunday, February 11, 8am to 5pm. Awards and closing at 5pm.
WHERE: Pace University, Goldstein Health and Fitness Center, 861 Bedford Rd., Pleasantville, NY.
The tournament is run completely by volunteers, including Pace students, staff and faculty, and members of the Westchester community. There will be a live webcast of the event. Details of the day can be found here and the schedule is posted here.
Image via Shutterstock; Video via First Relic Recovery