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Robotics in Nebraska! 🤖 FIRST LEGO League 🧱🎛️ hosted their competition in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the Cook Pavilion this weekend. This was simply awesome. Students and STEM, Robots, LEGOs, and well-rounded development. These students don’t simply assemble a robot using directions. They must design a robot that can achieve various missions, build the robot, program it, test it, fix it, and try it again. These students demonstrate their ability to innovate, fundraise, problem-solve, and develop resilience in the face of failure. After all, sometimes Lego robots fail or need a little innovation and reprogramming to accomplish what these kids want the robots to do. The NE Manufacturing Alliance and the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry proudly connected manufacturers for a Career Exploration to enlighten these young Nebraskans how their interest in robotics can be put to use in amazing careers - right here in Nebraska 🎈and around the world 🌎! Nucor Corporation had the students melt steel!🔋🧯⚡️ Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A. showed them how to program a robot.🤖 🏍️ Rensenhouse Industrial Solutions had them working with a co-bot to grab blocks.🦾🧱 Huffman Engineering,Inc. had them working with a PLC. 🎛️ LI-COR Biotechnology and LI-COR Environmental had the students check out high tech atmospheric metering and plant analysis. 🌱🔬 Nebraska Department of Education SkillsUSA Nebraska Brandy Schulze Keith Mandachit, P.E.
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This was a great event!
This makes me so happy to see. I was born and raised in Fort Calhoun Nebraska and finished my college career as a Cornhusker then went off into the workforce. I was never exposed to robotics as a kid and would love to help mentor like this. Mike Johnson, If ever you are interested, I would love to introduce myself and talk more. My team is working on developing some incredible industrial robotic products and would like to get involved with the community and state government to help guide Nebraska robotics.
It was EPIC! So great to see this event come together. Getting these students on the University campus and then in front of manufacturers...years from now I hope we aren't still talking about the manufacturing labor shortage but instead how strong the workforce is!
Thank you Mike for all of your support! Looking forward to what 2025 will bring!
Soooooooooooooo cool! Many students across Nebraska also have high school robotics clubs using VEX robots. We're shared some on the Presage twitter not long ago. Lots of changes ahead in the manufacturing landscape 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖
Hands down, programs like this are the best way for students to learn the skills industry needs. Well done NE Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturing Alliance members!
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5moThese robots are programmed by these young students to AUTONOMOUSLY execute these missions. Incredible.