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NASA
Sponsors
Antelope
Valley’s
Inaugural
FIRST
Robotics
Competition
by Linda KC Reynolds
staff writer
The Antelope Valley hosted its inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition April 6-7, in the gymnasium of Eastside High School in Lancaster, Calif.
The regional competition “Aerospace Valley Regional” served as a championship-qualifying robotics competition and is sponsored by NASA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and several other local organizations.
Thirty-six high school teams from across Cali- fornia and Turkey participated, including six local teams: Antelope Valley High School’s Robolopes,
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Lancaster High’s Eagle Robotics, Palmdale Aero- space Academy’s Gryffingear, Quartz Hill High School’s Radical Robotics, Rosamond High’s Circuit Serpents and Tehachapi’s Cyber Penguins. The teams had six weeks to design, build, program and test their creations.
The two-day competition kicked off with
greetings from David McBride, director of NA- SA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Ed- wards, Calif.
McBride oversees all aspects of management, strategy and operations at NASA Armstrong and said promoting the competition is important to NASA because the next generation will help
answer a few simple questions such as, “Are we alone in the universe?” “How do planets form?” “How do you build quiet supersonic aircraft?” McBride said NASA is trying to understand the dynamics of the earth. “To get that done, we need your help,” he told hundreds of guests.
Cynthia Cregier said she has been volunteering in robotics for five years and started the Quartz Hill team in her son’s school so he could partici- pate in an event close to home.
“There is so much emphasis on sports. Robotics is inclusive and just a real good environment for learning and growing. There is a spot for every- one,” she said.
For more information on FIRST visit www.firstinspires.org.
Right: David McBride, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif., welcomes hundreds of guests to the inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition April 6-7, in the gymnasium of Eastside High School in Lancaster. FIRST is designed to ignite curiosity and STEM passion in students K-12. Above: Members of FIRST robotics competition the Friarbots from Anaheim pose with their creation before competing at the inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition in the gymnasium of Eastside High School in Lancaster. Team Member, Liz Metzger said that she was always interested in the medical field and after working in robotics she is now interested in Bio Medical and building engineering for prosthesis.
Photographs by Linda KC Reynolds
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