Ten U.S. High School Teams to Compete in National Robotic Competition at Smithsonian
April 28, 2011
The Institute of Navigation (ION) announces that 10 high school teams from across the U.S. will compete in the 2011 ION Mini-Urban Challenge National Competition. The competition will be held Saturday, May 21, at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History from 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
In the ION Mini-Urban Challenge, high school students work in teams to design and operate a robotic car, built from a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit, that can accurately navigate through a LEGO city. The competition, sponsored by ION and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), is intended to expose students to the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
More than 500 students from 50 high schools competed in five regional competitions held in Louisiana, Florida, California, Washington, D.C., and Ohio. First and second place winners from each of the five ION Mini-Urban Challenge Regional Competitions will compete in the National Competition May 21. High School teams include: Parkway High School, Bossier City, Louisiana; West Monroe High School, West Monroe, Louisiana; Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida; Pace High School, Pace Florida West High School, Torrance, California ; Knight High School, Palmdale, California; Walkersville High School, Walkersville, Maryland; Fairfax High School, Fairfax, Virginia; Westerville North High School, Westerville, Ohio; and Aurora High School, Aurora, Ohio.
All events are open to the public and media. There is no admission fee.
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