A peek inside a First Robotics kit

July 26, 2007

More than 32,000 students from 344 high schools participated in the recent First Robotics Competition at Atlanta's Georgia Dome.

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The students built robots from identical kits that included (among other parts) DualVee wheels and track (inset) from Bishop-Wisecarver Corp., Pittsburg, Calif. Teams from Worcester, Mass., Las Vegas, and South Windsor, Conn., formed the winning alliance. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human Transporter, founded the competition.