Watch this one-hour documentary chronicles behind-the-scenes drama and excitement leading up to the 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition. Teams receive identical robot kits with no instructions and have just six weeks to build a robot capable of performing specific tasks.
The documentary follows four teams through their regional competitions. Miss Daisy is a seasoned team from Ambler, Pennsylvania. RoboDoves is a small, all-girl rookie team from Baltimore, Maryland. Rambotics is a team of teenagers incarcerated at the Ridge View Academy correctional facility for boys in Watkins, Colorado. And Ratchet Rockers is a group of suburban kids from Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis.
All of the young people and their mentors demonstrate the ingenuity, determination and teamwork required to compete in FIRST Robotics – “the varsity sport of the mind.”
For New Jersey viewers, this documentary will be shown on NJN on November 2, 2009, 9:00 PM, and repeat on NJN2 for the remainder week, check local listing and time.
NJN1 Verizon Fio channel 515 or Comcast channel 261
NJN2 Verizon Fio channel 476 or Comcast channel 262
For airing schedule outside of NJ, see listing and time.
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