11 Local Teams In International Robotics Tournament Returned To The HV

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Student-built robots will return to the Eugene Levy Fieldhouse at Rockland Community College for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, as 11 teams from the lower Hudson Valley are among the 48 teams that will compete in the 2024 FIRST ® Robotics Hudson Valley Regional.

FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a nonprofit organization, founded by inventor Dean Kamen, dedicated to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people. The FIRST Robotics Competition is a program that challenges high school students – working with professional mentors – to design and build a robot to contend in competitions that measure the effectiveness of each robot, the power of collaboration and the determination of students.

It's a high-tech sporting event that is exciting to spectators as well as participants, as teams compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, sportsmanship, teamwork, and more.

It returns this year from its pandemic hiatus thanks to sponsorships from Veolia, Orange & Rockland, Con Ed, and Optimum, a generous anonymous donor, and the grassroots support of the lower Hudson Valley community, organizers said.

The students will come not only from New York but also the UK and Turkey. Local teams come from:

Westchester:

• Ossining (team 4122)
• Yorktown (team 6880)
• Irvington (team 7759)

Putnam:

• Brewster (team 7504)

Rockland:

• Clarkstown North (team 6401)
• Clarkstown South (team 6969)
• Tappan Zee High School, Orangeburg (team 6911)
• Nanuet (team 7318)
• North Rockland (team 7730)
• East Ramapo/Spring Valley community (team 9705)

Orange:

• Warwick (team 9713)

Through collaboration and communication, the FIRST robotics community around the world will celebrate the role that the arts play in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). Skills make it possible to create art and experiences that entertain, move and bring people together.

CRESCENDO presented by Haas is part of the 2024 FIRST IN SHOW presented by Qualcomm season. In CRESCENDO, teams are encouraged to see all that is possible when combining their creative ideas and innovations with engineering and design.

• When: March 7-9
• Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Where: Rockland Community College – Eugene Levy Fieldhouse, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY 10901 USA
• Details: Admission is free. More information: https://www.nysfirst.org/hudson-valley

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