Spring Arbor University to Host Robotics Competition
Students from the Jackson Area Career Center Team, The Jacktown Vectors, compete in the 2019 First Robotics Final Round Competition at Northwest High School. Photo by Patrick Gerweck, JTV. Hundreds of Michigan high school students pioneering the next generation of robotics will visit Spring Arbor University (SAU) on March 5-7 to compete in Jackson County’s second annual FIRST in Michigan District Robotics Competition. The Star Wars-themed competition is sponsored by Consumers Energy and is the first event of its kind for SAU. The FIRST robotics competition is a three-day event that is free to the public and located in the McDonald Athletic Center at SAU. “SAU is excited to partner with FIRST Robotics and Consumers Energy to bring high schoolers from across the state to this event. We see this as an excellent opportunity to help promote robotics and STEM programs,” says Ron Delap, Dean of the School of Engineering. “These students are building and competing with machinery that makes them stand out from their peers in our state and across the nation. This is a showcase for the next generation of scientists, engineers and problem-solvers right here in our community,” said Roger Curtis, Consumers Energy’s vice president for public…
