Rhode Island First Lego League Robotics Championship Tournament

The seventh annual RI First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Championship Tournament will take place on Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Roger Williams University. FLL is an international robotics competition. Each year the RISF facilitates the RI state championship tournament. In this event, 9-14 year olds are given the opportunity to build a robot and compete in a friendly, FIRST-style robotics event. The FLL Challenge engages students in an intense 2 - 3 month period of robotic design and programming as well as scientific research. This work culminates in an exciting tournament atmosphere where teams compete in a head to head Robotics Challenge, present their robots and programs to a group of Technical Judges, and present their Research Projects to a group of Presentation Judges. Additionally they will be meeting with a panel of Teamwork judges who will look at their style of teamwork and team approach to the challenge.

Forty-six teams will compete in the 2007 Challenge titled 'Power Puzzle'. How do our personal energy choices to heat our homes, fuel our cars, charge our cell phones, power our computers, or even download music to our iPods impact the environment, economy, and life around the globe? Which resources should we use and why? Explore how energy production and consumption choices affect the planet and our quality of life today, tomorrow, and for future generations. Can FIRST LEGO League teams find the ultimate solution to this global Power Puzzle? 

This year Roger Williams University in Bristol is also hosting the Rhode Island Junior First Lego League Expo. (JFLL) JFLL is a program geared towards 5 - 9 year olds. They will be working on a project that will align with the FLL Nano Quest theme. Like the older students in FLL, these teams will look at the limitations of a public place they choose and then come up with ideas to make the building more accessible. JFLL teams from RI and neighboring N.E. states are participating in the Expo. The JFLL Expo will be held from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm on January 12, 2008.

For more information about Rhode Island FLL or if you would like information about volunteering or being a judge for this year's tournament please contact: Rebekah Gendron at: gendronrj@yahoo.com.

The RI FLL Robotics competition is a free event open to the public. Opening ceremonies and competition will begin at approximately 10:30 a.m.

For more information about FIRST and FLL go to: http://www.usfirst.org/jrobtcs/flego.htm

For directions and times for this event, please refer to our News page.

Tournament Update:

Congratulations to the 2007 RI FLL Champions Award Winners:

Engineers of Tomorrow

Coached by: Mary Johnson