Clemson University FRC
Palmetto FIRST Robotics Competition Clemson University
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● About FRC Welcome
❍ Plans are being made as Clemson University prepares to host the sixth annual FIRST Robotics FRC History Competition Palmetto Regional March 26-28, 2009, at Littlejohn Coliseum. For the second year ❍
How it Works in a row, nearly one thousand local and regional high
❍ school students will battle it out in an action-packed Benefits of contest described as a rock concert and sporting event Participating for the mind rolled into one. Teams are already signing
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● international dynamic, with one robo-squad coming all Palmetto Regional the way from Brazil! Competition
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The games are free and open to the public on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, the 28th. Palmetto Regional
Kickoff information
(select S. Carolina) Regional events will lead to an international championship competition April 16 - 18 at the
● Georgia Dome in Atlanta. More than 32,000 high school students participate on 1,500 teams in Event Schedule the United States, Canada, Brazil, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands and England. ●
How to Get Involved Clemson is a nationally recognized research university where approximately 5,500 students are ●
enrolled in engineering and science undergraduate and graduate courses. There are 350 faculty Information on SC
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Teams in the College of Engineering and Science. Connect to http://www.clemson.edu/ces for more
● information. Palmetto FIRST List of
Competing Teams FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 by ● inventor Dean Kamen, developer of the first portable insulin pump and the first portable kidney Team Social
● dialysis machine, to "create a world where science and technology are celebrated where young
Littlejohn Coliseum people dream of becoming science and technology heroes."
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Lodging and
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View the 2009 FIRST
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LUNACY
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cRIO Training
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FRC Team Resources
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Chief Delphi
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IFI Robotics
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FIRST Robotics
Canada
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The Blue Alliance
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Robot Builder
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Palmetto FIRST Robotics Competition Clemson University
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● About FRC The Palmetto Regional Competition
❍ The Palmetto Regional is the flagship event of the FRC History FIRST season within the state. Over 35 teams from as ❍
How it Works far away as Brazil, Flordia, and New Jersey will compete
❍ in the three day event. In addition, teams from the FIRST Benefits of LEGO League and FIRST TECH Challenge, as well as Participating other robots from all over will be showing their designs
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Palmetto Regional
Competition
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Palmetto Regional
Kickoff information
(select S. Carolina)
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Event Schedule
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How to Get Involved
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Information on SC
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