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Re: Is FIRST a Sport
FIRST Robotics describes itself as a sporting like competition. One of its goals is to excite young people by engineering in much the same way other sports do. Its definatly a sport, but also goes above and beyond the term.
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More food for thought. Would you consider those robo puppies playing soccer to be a sport? I sure do. Course to me there is also a difference between sports and athetism. FIRST will clearly never be in the Olympics, but that doesn't make it or other simular activities any less a sport.
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Jeff "Martinez" Martinez
Mechanical Engineer with JH Robotics
Clarkson University and Division by Zero Alumni
Former 2053 Tigertronics Mentor and Engineer
Former Chuck 84 Mentor and Engineer
Former Lockheed Martin, VH-71 Program Employee.
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Last edited by Martinez : 13-02-2006 at 13:36.
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