Mar 14
Six weeks ago, my teammates and I listened to the description of this year’s FIRST Robotics Challenge. We have poured every ounce of hard work, creativity, perseverance and inspiration we had into designing, building and testing our robot. Thank goodness for good mentors, generous sponsors, incredibly supportive parents, and amazing school support! This year’s challenge, …
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Feb 22
By Arvind and Sanjay Seshan Welcome to guest bloggers Arvind and Sanjay Seshan! Arvind and Sanjay are members of Not the Droids You Are Looking For (www.droidsrobotics.org), a FIRST Lego League (www.firstlegoleague.org) team based in Pittsburgh, PA. They have had a very successful four seasons, winning a Champions trophy and Robot Performance trophy every year of …
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Jan 26
FIRST Lego League is a robotics competition for elementary and middle school students using the Lego Mindstorm robot kit. This is by far one of my favorite robotics programs as it emphasizes not just how to build and program a robot, but adds a judged element of gracious professionalism, a research component that has kids …
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Aug 16
I watched video footage of the London riots dismayed by images of young people striking out with such violent fear of the future and utter disregard for the property of others. No one explanation suffices. One writer, picking up on tweets and social media posts, claimed these teens and young adults are frustrated by unemployment …
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