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Robert and some friends from school signed up for Junior FIRST Lego League and are working on the challenge to show an invention which has made a significant change in the life of a senior. They choose to demonstrate two inventions: washing machines and fast trains. That was a great lead in to the competition this weekend for the older kids. Their challenge, build a robot that can play Frisbee golf. We went to go check it out at the DC convention center. |
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| Robert was taken by the robots, the competition and the team dressed up like blocks from Minecraft (a video game that is all the rage). |
| In addition to being able to toss a Frisbee into the goal — very impressive by itself — the robots get extra points for being able to climb the tower; here 1389 and 1731 are both off the ground for an extra 10 points each. |
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| But the competition was only half the fun. We also got to tour pit row. All the teams had their displays up and many were working on their robots. |
| Did I mention that Robert was smitten? OK, we all were; it was really cool. |
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And beyond the teams, there were sponsors and other exhibitors: like the DC police and their bomb disposal robot. Did I mention that it was cool? |
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There were some smaller robots you could drive on your own. And some even smaller you could program to do your bidding. |
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| They even had submersible robots that you could take for a spin. |
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| We left while the competition was still going on — and they are back at it tomorrow. I can easily imagine we may be back in a few years to cheer on our team. |
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