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Artbots: ArtBots is an annual robot talent show held in New York City. It is sponsored by a variety of arts organizations and schools in the New York area, and is directed by dorkbot founder Douglas Repetto.
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BEST Robotics: BEST, Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology, is a national 6-week robotics competition in the United States held each fall, designed to help interest high school students in possible engineering careers.
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Botball: Botball is an Americentric robotics competition for high school students. It is run by Kiss Institute for Practical Robotics.
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FIRST: FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 in order to develop ways to excite students about engineering and technology. The first event was the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), which is designed to inspire high school students to become engineers by giving them real world experience working with professional engineers to develop a robot. The inaugural FIRST Robotics Competition was held in 1992.
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FIRST Lego League: An international program for children which combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program with a sports-like atmosphere using the LEGO MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention System.
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FIRST Robotics Competition: The FIRST Robotics Competition is the premiere competition held by FIRST. As of 2006, over 1,125 high school teams of 28,000 students from Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, and more compete to build 100-125 pound robots that can complete a task that changes every year. Teams are given a standard set of parts and the game details at the beginning of January and are given six weeks to construct a competitive robot that can accomplish the game's task. Teams compete in 33 regional competitions over several weeks in March to try and qualify for the championship event in Atlanta, Georgia in April. Previous years' championships have been held in Houston, Texas and at the Epcot Center near Disney World.
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