The FIRST LEGO League (FLL), considered the "Lego" version of the FIRST Robotics Competition, is the result of a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Company. FLL extends the FIRST concept of inspiring and celebrating science and technology to children aged 9 through 14, using real-world context and hands-on experimentation. This year, over 40,000 children worldwide participated!
With the help of LEGOŽ MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention SystemŽ
technology, young participants can build a robot and compete in a
friendly, FIRST-style robotics event specially designed for their age
group. Using LEGO bricks and other elements such as sensors, motors,
and gears, teams gain hands-on experience in engineering and computer
programming principles.
Teams compete based on two categories: the research, which
requires the team to create a presention on a topic related to that
year's challenge, and the robotic.htmlect which involves building a
robot to solve a given set of missions. Teams have 3 months to
prepare their robots and research to be presented at local, state, and
international tournaments. There are four judging categories: the
research presentation, the robotic challenge, robot design, and
teamwork. Teams win awards in each of these categories and the team
that does the best in all of these categories combined wins the
coveted Director's Award!
FIRST is thrilled to announce the FLL World Festival (previously
known as the International Invitational) hosted in conjunction with
the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship in Atlanta, at the Georgia
Dome - April 21 through 23, 2005.
Approximately 75 top FLL teams from 20 countries will
participate in a 2˝ day "No Limits" tournament celebration of science
and technology. For more information see the Official FIRST Lego League World Festival
Site.
