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Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
High schoolers compete in FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Hundreds of high school students combined math and metal at the FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional Competition for a chance at the World Championships in Houston. 'Every year there's a brand-new game. So they get to come up with a new strategy, a new design, and build a robot from scratch to play the game,' said Tim Koch, chairman of the Central Illinois Regional Planning Committee. In all, 35 teams from all over the United States came to Renaissance Coliseum on the Bradley University campus for the competition which began on Thursday and will wrap up have been preparing for the competition since the beginning of 2025. Teams of three students race against the clock to see how many PVC pipes their robot can place on the post in the center field. Grace Hatten is a senior at Illini Bluffs High School in Glasford. She said she has put her blood, sweat, and tears into making the team's robot. 'I've probably spent over 100 hours at robotics like building some program, doing like everything. So to see it work and we actually get like winning, and having a good robot is the most rewarding,' said Hatten. Koch said he firmly believes these students that are competing, are the future engineers of our country. 'These students are building job skills and life skills. You know, they're learning how to do things in the mechanical, electrical programming space. They're also learning how to talk to judges and explain what they're doing to other people. So they end up with a full skill set for going to college and getting a job in the future,' he said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Bradley to host robot competition for high school students
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Bradley University is going to host a regional high school robotics competition featuring 35 teams, with nine from the area. The FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional Competition will take place from March 21-22 in the Renaissance Coliseum and will have teams representing Peoria, Dunlap, Bloomington, Tremont, Metamora and Washington. 'The environment has the feel of both a major sporting event and a rock concert, complete with special lighting, upbeat music, crazy costumes, a large video wall and energetic emcees/announcers,' according to the university. The event is a showcase for high schoolers to team up and be paired with engineering and science mentors. They have six-and-a-half weeks to build a robot to conquer an engineering issue. The robot will be then shown off at the competition on Bradley's campus. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
