{"id":2236,"date":"2010-01-11T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T20:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2010-01-11T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T20:56:46","slug":"lego-league-robotics-competition-draws-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2010\/01\/lego-league-robotics-competition-draws-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego League robotics competition draws interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of UTC\u2019s Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment hosted hundreds of students from several Hamilton County schools for the 2009 First Lego League robotics competition. Students took a tour of the testing facility and learned about the research conducted there.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"2240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2010\/01\/lego-league-robotics-competition-draws-interest\/attachment\/1121090938\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/01\/1121090938.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LG-VX8360&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1258832316&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lego League robotics competition draws interest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/01\/1121090938.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2240\" title=\"Lego League robotics competition draws interest\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/01\/1121090938.jpg\" alt=\"Lego League robotics competition draws interest\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/>The Advanced Vehicle Testing facility hosted this year\u2019s Lego League competition because the theme was advanced transportation. Students were asked to develop and solve a transportation problem. They made presentations and answered questions about their robotic designs and programming.<\/p>\n<p>Students from Chattanooga area schools won several awards in December at the national competition in Cookeville.<\/p>\n<p>The area teams are sponsored by the Chattanooga Engineers Club, the TVA Partner-In-Education program, Chattanooga State, and the UTC Engineering research program, as well as a number of local firms in the technology area.<\/p>\n<p>This year the Chattanooga Engineer\u2019s Club is working with teams from Brainerd Baptist School, Ooltewah Middle School, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, Silverdale Academy, a Lookout Valley home school team, Tyner Middle Academy, an East Brainerd home school team, and a St. Elmo after school neighborhood team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of UTC\u2019s Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment hosted hundreds of students from several Hamilton County schools for the 2009 First Lego League robotics competition. 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