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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The 10th Annual 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition Hawaii Regional kicked off at the Stan Sheriff Center on Thursday. For the next two days groups of three teams will form alliances and compete in the “FIRST STEAMWORKS” games which will culminate with the championship and awards today.
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Today’s finale of the 10th annual FIRST Robotics Regional Competition at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is sure to be a heart-pounding, nail-biting event for scores of high school teams vying with their robot creations — each designed to scoot, collect plastic balls and launch them at a target.
Dubbed “the varsity sport for the mind,” robotics is a big deal for several thousand kids in the islands, starting with team competitions at the elementary school level. About a decade ago, when interest in the STEM-focused games got underway, McKinley and Waialua high schools were known as robotics pioneers. There are now more than 500 teams statewide.
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