Posted by F Shariff at 04/11/2001 5:01 PM EST
Student on team #610, Coyotes, from Crescent School.
In Reply to: Re: FIRST going international
Posted by Laurence on 04/11/2001 2:13 PM EST:
Oh, don't get me started on Canada FIRST...
I've been to both competitions and Canada FIRST cannot even begin to be as well-run or amazing as this FIRST competition.
For example, last year, the chips in the circuit board blew every few minutes, so we received a whole rack of them!
This year, the actual circuit boards blew, so only a fraction of the robots worked by the end!
Canada FIRST cannot compare at all! Of course, this is my opinion.
: Are you aware that there has been a Canada FIRST organization/competition since 1994?
http://www.canadafirst.org/
: The 2001 competition was attended by some 28 teams.
: Although both US and Canadian FIRST organizations seem related, I can't find anything suggesting an on-going link.
: I agree with Wayne that it would be a bad idea to restrict the Epcot finals to regional winners, but maybe doing the three tiered thing on an internaional level would be good - eh? I'm thinking something like the Ms America pageant, where winners from each country compete on the International stage.
: That means you need to have Mexico FIRST, UK FIRST, France FIRST, etc... competition, and all have to be identical.
: PS My First FIRST experience was as a student at Marianopolis College on their FIRST team.
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http://www.robopolis2001.com/