Forty teams with over 1,400 student competitors gathered at Saline High School this past weekend to battle it out in the FIRST Robotics competition. When the dust had settled and the scored were tallied, Chelsea’s Team 1502 stood tall as winners of the robust event.
Each year, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competitions give teams only six short weeks to build a robot from scratch and complete the entire engineering design process, from brainstorming to designing concepts to manufacturing the final design.
Students gain not only engineering experience, but also experience collaborating on a major design project and numerous leadership skills on the completely student-run team. In addition, FIRST is about more than just robots. It connects people talent and experience together to create wonders.
The Saline community is serious about STEAM, and…
