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FIRST Robotics Competition teams to compete in Groton, Conn. district qualifier this Saturday and Sunday
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. both days
AGENDA: http://www.nefirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014_CTGRO_Agenda.pdf
WHERE: Fitch High School, 101 Groton Long Point Road, Groton CT 06340
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LIVE EVENT VIDEO STREAM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: http://new.livestream.com/nefirst/ct-groton
This Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, high school students on 33 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts will converge on Fitch High School in Groton, Conn. to participate in the third of nine district qualifying events across six New England states.
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Teams will put to the test the science, engineering math, technology and teamwork skills they’ve acquired in developing customized robots during an intense six-week “build period” that began on January 5 and culminated in the competition’s ‘pack and store’ deadline on February 18.
The district events, which are taking place between February 28 and April 5, are part of a restructured NE FIRST operating model that’s designed to afford FRC teams more opportunities to compete and collaborate with other teams across New England. Top seeded teams from the nine district events will participate in the NE FIRST Championship, to be held April 10-12 at Boston University’s Agganis Arena in Boston, Mass.
The 2014 FRC game, AERIAL ASSISTSM, is played by two Alliances of three teams each. Alliances compete by trying to score as many balls in goals as possible during a two-minute and 30-second match. Additional points are earned by robots working together to score goals, and by throwing and catching balls over a truss suspended just over five feet above the floor as they move the ball down the field.
