State Lego Robotics Competition Saturday At WKU

January 22, 2007

Bowling Green, Ky. - About 250 children on 29 teams will gather at Western Kentucky University’s Diddle Arena on Saturday (Jan. 27) 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.

The theme of this year’s event is “Nano Technology,” which calls for teams to research and present robotics technology solutions to help solve mounting problems in nano technology. Teams consist of five to 10 children ages 9-14 along with coaches and mentors.

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.

The WKU event will include a scavenger hunt on the campus and a Junior FIRST LEGO League competition for children ages 6 to 9.

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 Samantha Carter at (270) 618-0348 or samantha.carter@wku.edu. More information is available online at www.kyfll.org and www.firstlegoleague.org.
               
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For information, contact Karla Andrew at (270) 991-5663 or (270) 784-5705.