Eighty-four teams from around the world participated in the FIRST LEGO League World Festival. This year’s challenge, “Smart Move,” focused on applying robotics and research to some of today’s transportation safety and efficiency problems. Top honors went to Champion’s Award 1st Place winner, Team 3013, “The Inventioneers” from Londonderry, N.H.; Champion’s Award 2nd Place winner, Team 1262, “Get Smart” from Peoria, Ariz.; and Champion’s Award 3rd Place winner, Team 127, “Cougars” from Columbus, Ohio. The Champion’s Award measures how teams inspire and motivate others about the excitement and wonders of science and technology, while demonstrating Gracious Professionalism™.
SCHOLARSHIPS
FIRST also recognized the recipients of numerous educational scholarships worth $12 million from the most prestigious science and engineering schools in the country, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, Kettering University, Georgia Tech, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Bucknell University.
For a complete listing of awards, match results and scholarship winners, please visit FIRST online at www.usfirst.org and click on the “FIRST Championship” headline.
Sponsors
Official Championship Sponsors of the 2010 FIRST Championship include: Abbott, Autodesk, BAE Systems, SAIC and United Technologies, Other FIRST sponsors this year are: Boeing–FIRST Championship Sponsor; FedEx Corporation–FIRST Shipping Sponsor; NASA–Machine Shop and Satellite Broadcast Sponsor; Underwriters Laboratories, Inc– FIRST Safety Partner; Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA)–FIRST Judges Sponsor; Google–FIRST Event Sponsor; Missouri S&T–FIRST Scholarship Row Sponsor; Central Intelligence Agency and Rolls Royce–FIRST Robotics Conference Sponsors.
About FIRST®
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in science, technology, and engineering. With support from three out of every five Fortune 500 companies and more than $12 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) and FIRST® Tech Challenge (FTC®) for high-school students, FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL®) for 9 to 14-year-olds, (9 to 16-year-olds outside the U.S and Canada) and Junior FIRST® LEGO® League (Jr.FLL™) for 6 to 9-year-olds. Gracious Professionalism™ is a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.
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