{"id":5810,"date":"2014-04-23T23:56:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T03:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=5810"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:34:37","slug":"innovative-robots-at-2014-first-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2014\/04\/innovative-robots-at-2014-first-championship.html","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Robots at 2014 FIRST Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FRC3238\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Innovative robots fill the St. Louis Convention Center & Edward Jones Dome<\/b> featuring the world finals for FIRST Lego League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). \u00a0FRC Team 3238 from Anacortes, WA, proudly displays their compact control system that folds up at 90 degrees.<\/p>\n

In 25 years, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) has grown to be the premiere STEM \u00a0(Science Technology Engineering and Math) event.<\/p>\n

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View the individual robot matches live on NASA TV<\/a><\/p>\n

You can follow me on Twitter @mplanchard1 as I meet the teams and share innovative robot designs, filled with imagination.<\/p>\n

Here are some highlights from today<\/p>\n

\"FRC190<\/a><\/p>\n

Seeing Team 190 WPI Mass Academy, Worcesterm MA at the Detroit airport<\/p>\n

\"FRC11<\/p>\n

Meeting Team 11 Mort at registration<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

Greeting Team 2576 from Santiago Chili in the hotel lobby<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/a><\/p>\n

Meeting members from Rookie Team 5291 Emperius from Eilat, Israel.<\/p>\n

\"FRC<\/a><\/p>\n

Seeing the great sign from Team 1640 Sab-Bot-age, Downingtown, PA, that thank the sponsors<\/p>\n

\"FRC<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah meeting our newest friends from FRC 4905 Ayer \u2013 Shirley, MA, \u00a0our hometown rookies.<\/p>\n

Can’t wait for tomorrow. \u00a0The SolidWorks community keeps growing. \u00a0Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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