FLINT, Mich. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 3, 2010 — Calling all soccer fans! Calling all robot fans!! Forty of Michigan’s most talented high school robotics teams will compete March 5-6 during the Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition in Flint, Mich.
The game this year is called “Breakaway” – where large robots built by high school students will shoot soccer balls into goals. Some of the state’s best high school robotics teams will compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with bumps, attempting to earn points by collecting soccer balls and moving them around the competition field in three-team alliances. Additional bonus points can be earned for each robot that is suspended in air at the end of the match.
“This year’s game is really going to be action-packed and fun,” said Bob Nichols, who serves on the Kettering Planning Committee. “It blends all the competition of FIRST Robotics with the popularity of soccer among today’s youth. The event is free, so I hope families bring their children to come and check it out.”
View the Breakaway game animation.
| Teams competing at the Kettering district contest are: |
| Team 1, Pontiac |
| Team 27, Clarkston |
| Team 33, Auburn Hills |
| Team 49, Saginaw |
| Team 51, Pontiac |
| Team 67, Milford |
| Team 70, Goodrich |
| Team 201, Rochester Hills |
| Team 245, Rochester Hills |
| Team 314, Flint |
| Team 322, Flint |
| Team 397, Flint |
| Team 468, Flint |
| Team 470, Ypsilanti |
| Team 494, Goodrich |
| Team 548, Northville |
| Team 703, Saginaw |
| Team 862, Canton |
| Team 894, Flint |
| Team 910, Madison Heights |
| Team 1025, Ferndale |
| Team 1243, Swartz Creek |
| Team 1322, Fenton |
| Team 1504, Okemos |
| Team 1506, North Oakland County |
| Team 1684, Lapeer |
| Team 2050, Detroit |
| Team 2054, Hopkins |
| Team 2075, Grand Rapids |
| Team 2163, Lapeer |
| Team 2337, Grand Blanc |
| Team 2604, Capac |
| Team 2617, Lansing |
| Team 2619, Midland |
| Team 2627, Ann Arbor |
| Team 2834, Bloomfield Hills |
| Team 3398, Detroit |
| Team 3415, Montrose |
| Team 3421, Marysville |
| Team 3422, Detroit |
The event will be in Kettering’s Connie and Jim John Recreation Center. It is free and open to the public. The Kettering University FIRST Robotics District is one of seven district events in Michigan. For more on the Kettering FIRST Robotics District Competition, visit: http://www.firstinmichigan.org/index.php?topic=kettering.
Contact:
Kettering University
Patricia Mroczek
810-762-9533
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