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National Robotic League Championship Starts In Indiana

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Indiana will once again host the 2012 National Robotics League (NRL) Championships at the Circle Centre Mall in Indianapolis on May 5-6, 2012, says the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA). This is the second year in a row that the National Championships will be held in Indianapolis.

The following schools have currently qualified for the 2012 NRL Championships:

Bloomsburg Area High School – Bloomsburg, PA
Cambridge Springs High School – Cambridge Springs, PA
Centerville High School – Centerville, OH
Conneaut Lake High School – Conneaut Lake, PA
Dunwoody College of Technology – Minneapolis, MN
Milford High School – Milford, OH
Mooresville High School – Mooresville, IN
North St. Paul High School – Maplewood, MN
Plum Senior High School – Plum, PA
Prosser Career Education Center – New Albany, IN
Slinger High School – Slinger, WI
Somerset County Technology Center – Somerset, PA
Springboro High School – Springboro, OH
The Pennsylvania State University- University Park – University Park, PA
University of South Florida – Tampa, FL
Upper Valley Career Center – Piqua, OH
Wright State University – Dayton, OH
Wright State University – Lake Campus – Celina, OH

NTMA founded the NRL to help change misperceptions about manufacturing and attract a new generation of students to well-paying technical careers, says the company. The program partners teams of middle school, high school, and post-secondary school students with local NTMA manufacturers to work together to build robots designed to do battle.

The National Championship matches will feature student teams who have competed in NRL-sanctioned competitions across the U.S. Clashes begin Saturday, May 5 with preliminary rounds followed by quarterfinals, semi-finals and final rounds that will take place through Sunday, May 6. Circle Centre Mall in located at 49 West Maryland St. in Indianapolis.

[Image Courtesy: National Robotics League]

 

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