PEMBROKE, NC(WBTW) FIRST robotics hosted its Thundering Herd Of Robots competition atUNC Pembroke. This is the counties first-ever THOR event. <\/p>\n
The event included 13 teams of high school students from around North Carolina who gathered during the off-season to compete Saturday. During the competition students competed by building robots they designed, build, programmed and tested in only six weeks. <\/p>\n
They also qualify for scholarships at nearly 200 colleges or universities by participating in the FIRST robotics competitions. <\/p>\n
Organizers told News13, the students not only get tolearn team building skills,but they alsogain the skills they need in future careers. <\/p>\n
There is multiple sides to this, theres engineering and business, said Joshua Carlile, a competitor from Robeson Early College High School.You learn pretty much everything, electronics, programming quick thinking of course, and actually building added Carlile. <\/p>\n
FIRST North Carolina is a nonprofit organization created to inspire youth to pursue careers in science and technology and to help them acquire the skills to compete in a technologically-driven economy. <\/p>\n
FIRST robotics is always looking for mentors or sponsors for robotics teams, to learn more about first robotics click here. <\/p>\n
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