One of the projects for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Give As One 2023 is the Birmingham Robotics Initiative.
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Photo Credit: Samuel WilcoxOne of the projects for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Give As One 2023 campaign is the Birmingham Robotics Initiative.
Founded in early 2020 by UAB graduating senior Samuel Wilcox, BRI was created with the goal of creating competitive robotics teams at local Birmingham high schools and providing students with an outlet to cultivate an interest in science, technology, engineering and math.
Competitive robotics is when teams build robots designed to compete in simulation challenges.
Wilcox, a biomedical engineering major and native of Dallas, Texas, arrived at UAB with the hopes of finding a local high school with a competitive robotics team to mentor and…
