Brazilian students won the First Championship robotics tournament. The event was held in Houston, in the United States. The students were finalists in the three modalities in dispute. They were: First Lego League, First Tech Challenge and First Robotics Competion. The Brazilian delegation was formed by 10 teams, totaling 106 students.
The Sesi teams from Blumenau (SC) and Americana (SP) won first place in the First Lego League category, in Gracious Professionalism and in Robot Design, respectively. The Jundiaí team won second place in Strategy and Innovation. Young people between 9 and 16 years old from primary and secondary education compete in this category.
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The Sesi de Goiânia team was one of the six finalists for the Motivation Award in the First Tech Challenge category.
In the First Robotics Competition category, two Brazilian teams, both from Sesi/Senai in São Paulo won. They won the Rookie All Stars, considered the highest award for beginners in the competition. They competed with over 60 newcomers.
The First Championship tournament is promoted by a non-governmental organization called First, in partnership with the toy company Lego. In addition to the stage in Houston, in May, there will be another dispute in the city of Detroit, in the United States.
Teams must build robots and have them perform certain tasks. In the First Robotics Competition category, considered the most complex, for example, students had to design robots industrial trucks weighing up to 56 kilos to perform tasks such as moving balls and pucks into reservoirs in an arena for a period of time. determined. Information via Agência Brasil.