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Article: Students take on the Lego robot challenge
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 18, 2008
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PUPILS from 18 secondary schools in Northern Ireland will take on
more than 100,000 budding scientists across the globe in the world's
biggest interactive robotics challenge for young people today.
The First Lego League event has been brought to Northern Ireland
by a partnership of Queen's University, the Institution of
Engineering and Technology, Invest NI, SAP Research and W5.
The scientists will gather at W5 in the Odyssey to design, build
and programme a winning robot that must perform a series of set
tasks linked to a research presentation on the challenges of global
climate change.
The league aims to help develop tomorrow's innovators by
introducing children aged nine to 16 to the fun ...