{"id":9053,"date":"2017-03-01T09:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T07:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=9053"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:21:27","slug":"robot-builds-young-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/01\/robot-builds-young-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot builds young scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <em>Impossible Robotics<\/em> team reveal the robot they have built to compete in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/robotics\/frc\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FIRST<\/em> Robotics<\/a> competition the unspoken question on everyone&#8217;s lips is will it work?!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They have been working tirelessly to be ready for the competition which will be held on March 9<sup>th &#8211; 11th<\/sup> in Florida. Last week they demonstrated their robot at the Victron Energy premises.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9055\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9055\" class=\"wp-image-9055 size-blogpost-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-690x518.jpeg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-690x518.jpeg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-730x548.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/unspecified_31856767.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to Right: Niels van der Wal, Jelle van Netten, Ijsbrand Hazenoot, Sjoerd Jannink, Stefan Sijbesma, Anna Woudstra and Henk van der Wal.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the best tradition of engineering prototypes there have been one or two teething troubles: The software is running fine when the robot is tele-controlled but needs additional work for autonomous operation. And the hardware is not completely finished, just yet. With less than a fortnight to go we&#8217;re counting down and wait with baited breath to see if our team can pull it off!<\/p>\n<h3>Inspiring&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about taking part. A lot of behind-the-scenes effort goes into putting up a team for the competition which this year attracts 3,336 competing teams from 25 countries around the world. For nearly 30 years\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\" target=\"_blank\">FIRST<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>has been inspiring young people to get involved in science &#8211; this year more than 80,000 have, guided by 20,000 mentors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9056\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9056\" class=\"wp-image-9056 size-blogpost-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-690x460.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/FFL_Benelux__finale_Zwolle-38_31858442.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moment of truth&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a huge global effort and you&#8217;ll be able to watch everyone in action by livestreaming the event direct from the University of Central Florida on March 9th, 10th and 11th. Look for team number 5412.<\/p>\n<p>Victron Energy is proud to sponsor <em>Impossible Robotics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Impossible Robotics team reveal the robot they have built to compete in the\u00a0FIRST Robotics competition the unspoken question on everyone&#8217;s lips is will it work?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sponsorship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robot builds young scientist - Victron Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/01\/robot-builds-young-scientist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robot builds young scientist - 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