February 11, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University’s Engineering Honor Society will conduct the eighth annual LEGO Robotics Championship on Feb. 23.
More than 100 middle school students from Kentucky and Tennessee will participate in the event designed to increase awareness of engineering and the sciences.
The competition will begin at 9 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Complex for Engineering and Biological Sciences.
This event involves designing, building and operating an autonomous robot built from LEGO Mindstorm kits that can navigate twisting roads, cross a river on a boat and find its way through the “Lost River Cave” to the finish line. Each team will compete two times during the preliminary rounds with the times combined for a final time score. The top scoring teams will compete in a championship round to determine the final standings.
This is a free competition that provides students an excellent opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge to a realistic and exciting team project. Funding for this event is provided annually by WKU Department of Engineering and by a WKU Provost’s Academic Excellence Initiatives award.
Additional information about the LEGO robotics competition is available online at http://www.wku.edu/engineering/Outreach/robot.php#lego or by contacting Kevin Schmaltz at (270) 745-8859 or kevin.schmaltz@wku.edu.
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For information, contact Kevin Schmaltz at (270) 745-8859.
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