Mexico will have representatives in the FIRST Robotics Championship 2023, which will take place from April 19 to 22 in Houston, United States.
This event, a Robotics World Cup itself, brings together more than 35 thousand students, coaches and fans from 43 countries. It is defined as “the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)”.
FIRST is the acronym for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The tournament was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen, inventor and entrepreneur, creator of the Segway vehicle.
The community prepares children and youth for the future through inclusive robotics programs, which are distributed in teams for ages 4 to 18.
FIRST’s support system has volunteers, educators and sponsors that include more than 200 of the Fortune 500 companies.
The presence of Mexico in FIRST, the Robotics World Cup in Houston
For Mexico will be assisting teams like LamBot 3478 from PrepaTec (San Luis Potosí), Silverbot (Mineral de Luz High School, Guanajuato) and Eolotics (Oaxaca).
Monica Vinniza Fuentes, from Eolotics, spoke in millennium about your team’s expectations.
“Part of what always represents our region and our community is that we are people who come together and seek evolution in what is done”, indicates Sources.
“After an earthquake as tragic as the 2017 earthquake, we saw it as a motivation. It is what is most demonstrated in the competition, the passion and desire to get ahead, to improve ourselves and show that Oaxaca can be a benchmark for science and technology”.
One of the references for PrepaTec’s LamBot 3478 is Christopher Hernández. Exercising as captain of Engineering, he seeks to advance his team at FIRST and his community in general.
“With the ideas that I have acquired and with all the experience that I have, I would like to start to improve the community, to change something”, he said in a chat with Conecta. “Sometimes the science and technology part lags far behind, and I think we can start working on it to give more kids the opportunity to have access to science.”