December 17, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - About 660 children on 66 teams will gather at Western Kentucky University’s Diddle Arena on Jan. 19 for the Kentucky FIRST LEGO League’s state robotics competition.
The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will conclude with an awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m.
This year’s special guest is Grant Imahara from the Discovery Channel show “MythBusters.” Imahara, who has been a mentor to a FIRST LEGO team, will be available to talk to teams and give insight into the world of robotics.
The theme of this year’s event is “Alternative Energy Resources – Meeting the Global Demand,” which calls for teams to research and present robotics technology solutions to help solve mounting problems in global energy consumption. In the competition, teams build a robot to perform various tasks as part of the challenge. Teams also are judged on teamwork, research project and technical aspects. Sponsors include Toyota and Kentucky Space Grant Consortium at WKU.
For information about the state competition, contact event coordinator Karla Andrew at (270) 991-5663 or (270) 784-5705 or karla.andrew@wku.edu; or assistant coordinator John Inman at (270) 745-3048 or john.inman@wku.edu.
More information is available online at www.kyfll.org and www.firstlegoleague.org.
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For information, contact John Inman at (270) 745-3048.
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