It's Robots!
Last weekend many Mary Munford students enjoyed seeing the
2001 FIRST Robotics Competition
at the VCU Siegel Center.

FIRST stands for
"For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology"
and they have been holding robot building competitions since 1992 so children and teenagers can enjoy science and engineering more.
FIRST has a web site about the robot building competition here

Richmond area schools that participated
this year include St Michael's School,
Richmond Community High School,
John F. Kennedy High School,
and the Governor's School,
so perhaps soon you
will be enjoying this event too.

Here is a list of the teams that competed at VCU on March 9th and 10th.

If you think building or using robots
is exciting, here are some web sites
you might enjoy visiting.....

If you ever want to write a report
for school  about robots or "robotics"
this web site from Arrick Robotics
may help....
Robotics School Report Information

For information about the history of
toy robots, look here
Ask your parents if they ever had a toy robot!

For a history of robots in movies and
television, look here.

Best of all, from the Computer Museum...
you can design your own robot
on the web, click  here
(if you already have Shockwave
software on your computer)
and here if not

And last, but not least, the Lego Mindstorms
can be a fun way to learn about building robots.

Here are previous week's Amazing links .

This Web page created by Dan Ream and Lucretia McCulley
for Mary Munford School