Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. In 2001, Susie Mathieu agreed to help her brother with a weekend project. Saturday night, Mathieu was honored with the FIRST Champion Volunteer of the Year award for her work toward that “weekend” project. Thirteen years ago, venture capitalist and St. Louis native John Doerr called his sister and… Continue reading STL’s Mathieu surprised with FIRST volunteer award
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. A lot goes into building a robot. A lot more goes in to building an elite robotics team. Just ask Cafe Bot, the FIRST Tech Challenge team from Webster Groves. The 3-year-old three-man team received third place in the FIRST Championship Inspire award Saturday afternoon at FIRST world championship… Continue reading Webster Groves team wins prestigious FIRST honor
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. You know what they say: There are no second chances. But for the John Burroughs School robotics team, on Thursday there was: Technical difficulty with another team’s robot meant they had a second chance in the FIRST Robotics Competition qualification match at the Edward Jones Dome. This is the… Continue reading John Burroughs robotics team returns to world competition
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Robots are for everyone. But the science and technology fields have historically been dominated by men, which was why a large booth offering free makeovers and beauty tips was both a little unexpected and very crowded Thursday afternoon at the FIRST robotic championships. The booth, sponsored by Jane Cosmetics… Continue reading Makeup and robots: It all comes together at FIRST
This story originally appeared on RealTime/STL. Prepare yourselves, St. Louisans: The robots are coming. Along with about 12,000 robot handlers, ages 6 to 18. Welcome to St. Louis… Let the games begin! #FIRSTChamp #omgrobots @FRCTeams @FTCTeams @firstlegoleague pic.twitter.com/s16fyHXuDm — Official FIRST (@FIRSTweets) April 21, 2014 In all, about 30,000 people are expected to participate in… Continue reading The robots (and lots of young scientists) are coming