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Sign into your accountWhat the Real Estate Industry Could Learn from FIRST Robotics?
May 03 2016
Robots are cool. High school students building 120-pound robots in just six weeks to compete in sporting-like competition with and against other robots is cooler. Being a mentor for a local FIRST Robotics team, Spartronics Team 4915 of Bainbridge Island, Washington since its inception three years ago is the coolest, most rewarding, non-profit volunteering experience I have ever had.
I have learned so much, and it got me to thinking about a couple of concepts that define FIRST and how it relates to what I do.
So what could the real estate industry learn from FIRST Robotics?
First About FIRST
25 years ago, Dean Kamen, an inventor extraordinaire, and MIT Mechanical Engineering Professor Dr. Woodie Flowers, created FIRST Robotics. They wanted to find a way to transform our culture from celebrating our sports and entertainment stars to creating a world where students dream to become science and technology leaders. FIRST – or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – offers robotics programs for grades K-12.
The top tier – FIRST Robotics Competition or FRC – is comprised of high school-aged teams who compete head to head on a special playing field with robots they have designed, built, and programmed. The game that is played changes every year and combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology and why it is called the "Sport for the Mind."