March 10, 2005

First Robotics competition coming soon

Wayne State University is hosting Detroit Regional of The FIRST Robotics Challenge, March 18-19. The events are sponsored by inventor Dean Kamen\'s nonprofit group FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Michigan has 98 teams, made up of about 3,500 high school students and mentors. The teams had six weeks to design, build and test their robots. \"This program is key to developing Michigan\'s future great innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs,\" said David C. Hollister, Director of the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, the leading sponsor of Michigan\'s three regionals.

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