GRC NEWS RELEASE 03-012



03-012
For Release: February 26, 2003



Sally V. Harrington
Media Relations Office
216/433-2037
Sally.V.Harrington@nasa.gov


Public Service Announcements 

Following are 10, 20 and 30-second public service announcements about 
the Buckeye Regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of 
Science and Technology) Robotics Competition that will take place at 
the Cleveland State University Convocation Center in Cleveland March 
7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event 
is open to the public and admission is free. Sixty-four teams of high 
school students will be remotely controlling the robots they designed 
and constructed in a battle for first place and the right to move on 
to the championship event at Reliant Arena in Houston at the end of 
April.



Please air this information through March 8.



<u>10 seconds:</u>

Robots will square off on March 7th and 8th at the CSU Convocation 
Center in the second annual Buckeye Regional "FIRST" Robotics 
Competition. Open to public. Free. 



<u>20 seconds:</u>

Remote-controlled robots built by teams of students from 64 high 
schools will challenge one another for first place in the second 
annual Buckeye Regional "FIRST" Robotics Competition at the CSU 
Convocation Center on March 7th and 8th. The whole family will enjoy 
this exciting competition. Free. 



<u>30 seconds:</u>

Witness a most unusual competition of strategy and skill. Teams of 
students from 64 high schools from six states and Canada will 
converge on Cleveland on March 7th and 8th. With remote-controlled 
robots they designed and built, they will battle each other for first 
place in the second annual Buckeye Regional "FIRST" Robotics 
Competition at the CSU Convocation Center. The public is invited to 
watch the competition and cheer the teams on. Admission is free. 



For further information about the Buckeye Regional, go to: 
http://www.firstbuckeye.org.



Information about FIRST can be found at: http://www.usfirst.org



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