Analog Devices Partners with FIRST® to Support Next Generation of Problem Solvers and Innovators
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Learn more about the FIRST
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Follow FIRST student alumna,
Kristen Villemez , along her path from FIRST participant to ADI engineer: http://www.analog.com/journey-first-robotics
"ADI has a long history of supporting STEM education and is excited to
be a partner in the 2016 FIRST
This year ADI is donating, for inclusion in the FIRST student kit of parts, an easy to use tool that simplifies code debugging and introduces the fundamentals of electrical engineering. The company is also providing an ADI gyroscope board that enables precise measurement of motion and rotation to help students' robots better navigate the field. Additionally, ADI is providing an inertial measurement unit that packs gyroscopes, accelerometers, a barometer, and a magnetometer into a small and robust housing designed for robotics.
"We appreciate the continuous support
At the recent FIRST Kickoff, teams were shown the FIRST STRONGHOLD game field and challenge details for the first time. Once these young inventors build a robot, their teams will participate in one or more of the 118 Regional and District events that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration, and the determination of students. In FIRST STRONGHOLD, two Alliances of three robots each are on a Quest to breach their opponents' fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents' defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower. In the final 20 seconds of the Quest, robots may surround and scale the opposing tower to capture it.
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