FIRST Robots: Behind the Design features 30 award-winning robots from the FIRST Robotics Competition, which partners youth and mentors to design and construct robots for exciting sports-like competition. The annual event draws leading robot designers who simultaneously compete and cooperate to introduce students to the rewards of science and engineering.The 30 robots featured were selected from over 1,000 participants in the 2006 FIRST Robotics Competition as outstanding examples of engineering and design excellence. Each design was reviewed by a panel of experts from industry and academia and judged to be award worthy in the categories of superior design, creativity, quality, technology, and innovation.Team profiles document the design and development process that transforms innovative ideas into sophisticated, high-performing robots. Trade secrets are unveiled to showcase advanced technology and provide an intimate understanding of what it takes to design and build an award-winning robot.

Vince Wilczynski, Ph.D., directs the mechanical engineering major at a New England institution of higher education where he has incorporated robotics and homeland security projects into the mechanical engineering curriculum. He serves as the Vice President of Public Awareness for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the FIRST Robotics Foundation and is a fellow with the American Council on Education.

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