Students competed March 10 and 11 in a robotics competition held by FIRST, a program named “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.” High school students worked in teams to build robots that would hopefully win in competitions against other robots. The competition took place at the Maverick Center in West Valley City, Utah.
The FIRST Competition acts as a vessel in the promotion of student interest in the fields of engineering, programming, science and technology among high school aged students from around North America.
The overall goal of the event is to encourage students to harness their collaborative, social and mechanical skills in an effort to work together to create a machine, or robot, that can compete and win against the other teams who have entered.