I was combing through Google News and again stumbled upon a FIRST-article, this time about employees of RMT Robotics mentoring local F.L.L. and F.R.C. teams in Ontario. It was published on the Robotic Industries Association website, a commonly-used online source for robotics-related information.
Quick summary:
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Employees of RMT Robotics (www.rmtrobotics.com), a CimcorpOy company, are donating their time to mentoring teams of local Ontario elementary, secondary and high school students in preparation for the annual FIRST Lego League (F.L.L) and FIRST Robotics Competitions (FRC).
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is dedicated to inspiring young people to be leaders in science and technology through hands-on, team-based robotics challenges. Teams are supported by local mentors who provide engineering experience and technical expertise to students throughout the creation and competition stages of FIRST robotics challenges.
RMT employees have been involved with a variety of age-specific FIRST robotics teams for the past five years –even starting a new team in 2011.
In addition to teaching students job skills in the fields of design, programming, web development, finance, marketing and project management, mentors to FIRST teams serve as positive role models who inspire values of teamwork, self-starting and time management.
“FIRST competitions are a great way to spark interest in the fields of engineering, science and technology among students,” said Alderson. “RMT is proud to be a part of these innovative and exciting programs to support the next generation of robotics engineers.”
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You can read it for yourself
here. Good luck to the teams mentioned in the article, including the F.L.L teams from Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary School and a new team at St. Thomas School, as well as the new F.R.C. teams 4039 and 4022, and veteran team 2056. And, as always, congrats to FIRST for the press!