The 1st Hellenic FIRST TECH Challenge Championship took place in Thessaloniki, 9-10/03 and we are proud to announce that the UniREVsals student team of Mellon Lab was the winner of the 1st place in the championship! The team which is mentored by I-SENSE Group is now set to represent Greece at the World FIRST TECH Challenge in Houston from April 17th to 20th. This is a historic success as it marks the first Greek team to represent Greece at the World FIRST TECH Challenge. Also, congratulations to the Suited Penguins team for the Motivation Award! The results are reported here.
The FIRST TECH Challenge Championship was carried under the auspices of I-SENSE Group of ICCS and our researchers B. Tsougiannis, K.Kokkalis, T.Theodoropoulos, G.Karaisetanidis, P.Zoumpoulis, are following the student teams UniREVsals and Suited Penguins as mentors.
In the FIRST Tech Challenge, teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. Guided by adult coaches and mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering principles, while realizing the value of hard work, innovation, and working as a team.
The robot kit is reusable from year to year and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming. Teams design and build robots, raise funds, design and market their team brand, and do community outreach to earn specific awards.
Each season concludes with regional championship events and an exciting FIRST Championship.
