Tahoma Robotics team Bear Metal wins Industrial Design Award at Key Arena | Slide Show

Bear Metal, the Tahoma Robotics team, competed in the 2010 Microsoft Seattle Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at Key Arena March 27-28. The team won the Industrial Design Award with its robot during the competition.

By Dennis Box • April 9, 2010 6:40 pm
Tahoma's No. 2046 Bear Metal team from left
Tahoma's No. 2046 Bear Metal team from left

Bear Metal, the Tahoma Robotics team, competed in the 2010 Microsoft Seattle Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at Key Arena March 27-28.

The team won the Industrial Design Award with its robot during the competition.

The students built a robot that scored goals with a soccer ball. Each match lasted 2 minutes, 15 seconds and the robots navigated over bumps.

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology,) is a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to celebrate science and technology through robotics competitions worldwide. FIRST combines the excitement of sport with science and technology to create a unique varsity sport of mind that helps high school students discover the rewarding and engaging process of innovation and engineering.