Connecticut Team Wins FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship
from ASEE First Bell Monday April 19
The Hartford Courant (4/19, Marteka) reports, “For the second time in four years, the robotics team from South Windsor High School has won the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship,” which took place over the weekend in Atlanta. “The high school’s Bobcat Robotics team won the top prize in a competition featuring more than 340 robots from around the world Saturday at the Georgia Dome.” The team is sponsored by United Technologies Corp and mentored by engineers from UTC Power.
A number of other news outlets, including New York’s NY1 (4/18, Wagner) and South Carolina’s Anderson Independent-Mail (4/17), also reported on the Atlanta competition, focusing on the performance of local teams.