# Send a local robotics teams to nationals

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**Created:** [April 16, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-a-local-robotics-teams-to-nationals/752402 "2016-04-16T20:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-a-local-robotics-teams-to-nationals/752402/1 "2016-04-16T20:57:28Z")

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Posted with permission from the mods (Thank you ITD)

I am part of a local community workshop/maker-space/hacker-space (terms vary). In addition to our many shop areas and activities we play host to a local high school robotics team.

I am not fluent in the details of the competition circuit but over the last few months I have seen their work and its awesome to see a bunch of high school kids given access to a broad variety of equipment to build competition robots.

They have apparently come out on top of the western regional competition and have been advanced to a national level finals competition in St Louis, and they need help financing the trip.

I have already contributed myself as well as many of my cohorts here in the shop, however flying a bunch of folks to St Louis on a few weeks notice is not a cheap proposition and at this point they may not be able to attend. They are asking for $15K to get the team and equipment to the competition and feed/house them for a couple days. These kids are kicking ass at what they do and as someone who has competed on a national level myself (DCI drum and bugle corps) I know the kinds of sacrifices in time and money it takes to make things like this fly.

I was hoping that the doper community, generally supportive of endeavors in STEM education would be willing to help.

FTR I am not directly involved in the team, going to the event, nor am I the one running the GFM campaign. I have nothing to gain other than helping see a bunch of very hard working young minds get to run with their dreams.

The competition

> **[FIRST Championship | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology](https://www.firstchampionship.org/)**
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> FIRST is a global robotics community preparing young people for the future and the world's leading youth-serving nonprofit advancing STEM education.

The web site of the robotics team in question

> **[玖玖玖人力资源有限公司(中国)有限公司](http://www.team3303.com/)**
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The gofundme link.  
[https://www.gofundme.com/ku54kshs](https://www.gofundme.com/ku54kshs)

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-a-local-robotics-teams-to-nationals/752402/2 "2016-04-16T21:07:20Z")

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Any other specific questions, please feel free to post. I am at the shop and the coach and a few of the team members are here and I can get them answered.