Center for Mathematics and Science Education Hosts Robotics Challeng

Abernathy, Andrew Mark

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 3-1-2013 Robots Are Coming To Ole Miss Andrew Mark Abernathy Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation Abernathy, Andrew Mark, "Robots Are Coming To Ole Miss" (2013). University of Mississippi News. 4413. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/4413 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchAddison Roush (left) and Wesley Brown, bothsophomores at Lafayette High School, work on theirrobot in preparation for this weekend's inaugural FIRSTTech Challenge Robotics Tournament. The tournamentis hosted by the UM Center for Mathematics andScience Education at the university's Jackson AvenueCenter. UM photo by Andrew Abernathy.Robots Are Coming To Ole MissCenter for Mathematics and Science Education Hosts Robotics ChallengeMARCH 1, 2013 BY ANDREW MARK ABERNATHYOXFORD, Miss. – More than 20 robots and theirstudent designers are on their way to theUniversity of Mississippi this week as part of theinaugural FIRST Tech Challenge RoboticsTournament.Hosted by the UM Center for Mathematicsand Science Education, the event will takeplace Saturday (March 2) at the university’sJackson Avenue Center, with openingceremonies beginning at 10 a.m. Two winningteams will move on to compete in the FTCWorld Championship in St. Louis this Aprilagainst 126 teams from around the world.“This whole competition starts as an afterschoolprogram for students,” said Mannie Lowe, the center’s program manager and coordinator of the event.“When each team began in September, they started from square one. They got to imagine their robotand see it come together and now see how it performs against others.”The tournament pits student teams from across Mississippi against one other in a game called Ring ItUp! During the game, students pilot their robots to pick up rings from dispensers and place them in agrid to score points. All robots must be designed within set dimensions and use a Lego Mindstorm NXTrobot “brain” to maneuver the device.An average team includes 10 students ranging from seventh to 12th grade. Students work alongsidementors to design and build robots using mathematics and science concepts. Teams compete on theregional level before coming to the state competition.But this year’s event marks more than just the first state-level robotics tournament in Mississippi,explained Lowe, who previously coordinated the state FTC tournament in Georgia. Saturday’stournament shows a dramatic increase in awareness for the program across the state. The number ofregistered Mississippi teams has risen from four to 23 in just one year.Lafayette County High School science teacher Taylor Langford has mentored his team freshmen andsophomore science students for the first time.“There was a lot of trial and error at first,” Langford said. “We’ve been meeting once a week to get ourdesign functional. It can take a lot of practice to get all the components working together, but I’mpleased with what we’ve accomplished.”The Lafayette High robot is 18 inches long and 12 inches wide and uses an adjustable arm to pick uprings. The team plans to reveal its name at the tournament.The FTC tournament is supported by the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, orFIRST, organization based in Manchester, N.H. Founded by inventor Dean Kamen, the nonprofit’smission is to inspire an interest in mathematics and science in young people. 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