About 2,000 New England high school pupils, instructors and supporters are due in Hartford, beginning March 28, for a two-day annual robotics competition.
Thirty-nine teams from Connecticut and Massachusetts high schools and their homemade electro-mechanical creations will vie in the FIRST Hartford District Robotics Competition in the Hartford High School gymnasium on March 28 and March 20, according to Hartford school officials. Hartford High will have a team in the event.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is scheduled to attend to kickoff of the largest science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) event in the state this year, authorities said.
About 2,000 New England students, instructors, parents and others are due in Hartford beginning March 28 for the state of the annual FIRST Hartford District Robotics Competition.
Founded in 1989 by renowned New England inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST is an acronym of “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.’’
