Time To Get 'Nuts'

The “Techno Nuts” student robotics team from Berlin High School and the McGee Middle School will be participating in the Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional robotics competition Friday and Saturday, April 1-2 at the Connecticut Convention Center, in Hartford. 

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days and is free and open to the public.

 They are among 58 teams that will operate remote controlled robots they designed and built in the arena competition. Beginning with a box of parts and no instructions, students and their mentors had six weeks to build, program and test their robots to meet this season’s engineering challenge.  The winners of the regional will advance to the FIRST International Championship Event in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 28-30.

The Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional is the oldest and longest continually running FIRST event in New England.  It is organized by volunteers from some of the most highly regarded organizations in the area, including The Northeast Utilities Foundation, United Technologies Corporation, ING, and Stanley Black & Decker who also provide major funding.  It also receives generous contributions from Pfizer, Ensign-Bickford, General Dynamics - Electric Boat and Burns & McDonnell as well as support from the Connecticut Science Center, the MetroHartford Alliance, the Connecticut Technology Council, the Connecticut Association of Schools, 4-H, and the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. 

For more information about the Techno Nuts, please visit their web site at: http://usfirst.berlinwall.org/.

For additional information about the Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional Competition, visithttp://www.ctfirst.org/frc/, or contact: