{"id":29,"date":"2019-11-19T17:49:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2019-11-20T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:55:40","slug":"first-robotics-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"First Robotics Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>First Robotics Challenge\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/FIRSTinVTLogo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/FIRSTinVTLogo-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/FIRSTinVTLogo-1-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#90d4ed\" class=\"has-background has-text-align-center\"><strong>ABOUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#90d4ed\" class=\"has-background\">Saturday, February 15, 2020 <br> <br> Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call the FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it \u201cthe hardest fun you\u2019ll ever have.\u201d <br> <br> Under strict rules, limited resources, and an intense six-week time limit, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team \u201cbrand,\u201d hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It\u2019s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. Each season ends with an exciting FIRST Championship. <br> <br> Event Contact:  VTRoboticsLG@gmail.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vermontrobotics.com\/\">Program Website<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Robotics Challenge\u00a0 ABOUT Saturday, February 15, 2020 Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call the FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it \u201cthe hardest fun you\u2019ll ever have.\u201d Under strict rules, limited resources, and an intense six-week time limit, teams &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/?page_id=29\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First Robotics Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineeringweek.cemsweb.w3.uvm.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}