Last Friday we had three teams, five robots, WPI and FIRST come to visit Sun's Burlington, MA campus. The teams talked about their robots and experiences with FIRST, and mentors explained what mentoring for FIRST was all about.

Two of the robots were Java-powered - team 1519's little "Speed Racer" (look for the Duke on top), and WPI's demo robot ("demo" may stand for demonstration or demolition). Steve Heller arranged a demonstration of torque:

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Check out FIRST Robotics @ Sun for future FIRST show-and-tells on campus, and more information about FIRST.

Next stop - JavaOne!

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