This August, we have been parti-

cipating of the Chinese Robotics Challen-

ge, held in China. And there we were

pleased to be finalists of this great and

fascinating competition. The event that

happened in Shenzhen, one of the lar-

gest and most important cities of the

country, located north of Hong Kong,

brought together the best teams from

China, United States and Australia. In

addition to our team which was chosen

to represent Latin America.

With much effort, our team has

excelled and got one of the best awards

that the team has ever won: the title of

vice-champion. That brought to us much

more than an physical achievement but

also showed us that it was possible to

carry out the project our students deve-

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loped with the help of our partners and run it

in the best way we could.

The event that was organized by the

China Urban Youth Robotics Alliance (CUYRA)

- a non-profit organization established in

Hong Kong, which strives to promote the

teaching of science, engineering and

technology - was the same style and mo-

del of competition we participate earlier

this year, 2015, organized by the FIRST

Robotics Competition. Following the

principles of the game Recycle Rush, the

Chinese competition has only a few

changes in its rules; the main goal of the

game is still the same: stacking totes

and bins on top of a platform: the more

stacked totes, the higher score.

The competition was very exciting

and at the end of it we had the opportu-

nity to have as one of our partners one

of the best Australian teams which is co-

ordinated by our mentors Jeser Becker

and Daiane Rodrigues. Together, we join

forces and talents to win our great title.

Team 1772 and Australia’s team 4613 together winning

the finalists award

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This month we had the

opportunity to lecture to students

from all grades at School Heitor

Villa-Lobos in Gravataí-Brazil. We

present our team’s project and

also invite new students to join us.

That was a great experience of

intense days of learning.

Several students participa-

ted of the workshop, in which we

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Workshop for kids in a Brazilian

public school

For the younger ones we showed our robot and we let them play with it. They loved

and they were really curious about how to join the team.

We would like to thank one of our great partners in this journey: School Heitor Villa-

Lobos. Thanks for having us and for supporting us!

apply a very dynamic challenging for the kids. We divided the kids into two groups, with

the task of building a tower as taller as possible using only paper & tape. But without

them knowing at first that it was a “competition”, because the main objective of the task

was develop their teamwork skills, which is a major feature of our team.

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Most of the students who participated in our

project are studying in college

We know that today the

number of young Brazilians stu-

dents who are joining an under

graduation degree has grown; ho-

wever, starting college is still a gre-

at challenge for kids from public

schools. Because of it, team 1772

helps its team members to prepare

to the application tests.

Every year, our mentors

meet with the team students who

are able to apply to college through

“vestibular” – the Brazilian test to

select freshman to colleges - and

talk to them about options for un-

dergraduate courses and they also

talk about the labor market related

to these courses; we discuss what

are the best ways for these youths

to be selected by the main state

universities, whether public or priva-

te. Then, we follow these students

in all selection stages of the colleges

until the day of registration. Curren-

tly, dozens of young people who

participated in the team during the

three years of high school were

selected to attend the under gra-

duation in the following public and

private universities with integral

studies or semi-full scholarships:

UFRGS – UFSC – UFSM – UFPEL –

UFOP – UFPR – UERGS – PUCRS –

UNISINOS – ULBRA – UNILASALLE

– UCS – SENAI – QI e UNIVALE.

These kids represent a number

greater than 80% of staff mem-

bers who were eligible to enroll in

this level of education.

Did you know?

All students that had participated in some stage of the UsFIRST competition are apt to educational scholarships abroad. For more information visit: http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/scholarships Students of the team who are in high school have also been privile-ged with scholarships for the training of young people in large institutions of the country, for example, the “Fundação Estudar” that awarded two te-am members with scholarships in the “Jovens For a de Série” program. We also have students who received scholarships for technical courses in institutions such as SENAI and SENAC.

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Contact us on:

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/trailblazers1772 www.aidtec.org

FIRST is an acronym for Inspiration

and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST

was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's

interest and participation in science and techno-

logy. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not

-for-profit public charity designs accessible, inno-

vative programs that motivate young people to

pursue education and career opportunities in sci-

ence, technology, engineering, and math, while

building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

The varsity Sport for the MindTM,

FRC combines the excitement of sport

with the rigors of science and technology.

Under strict rules, limited resources, and

time limits, teams of 25 students or more

are challenged to raise funds, design a

team "brand," hone teamwork. Currently,

the regional completions happen in United

States, Mexico, Canada, Israel, and Aus-

What is FIRST? What is FRC?

Robotics Team

Team FRC 1772

The Brazilian Trail Blazers

Headquarters: School Heitor Vila Lobos;

Otello Rosa street 118 – Cohab C,

Gravataí-RS,

Brazil.

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We are the Brazilian Trail Blazers and everything we won is a

proof of your great partnership with all our sponsors.

Thanks all of you!