In only its second year of competition, the Robotics team from the Region 14 Applied Technology Center placed first in the Granite State Regional of the US FIRST Robotics Competition.   The team now heads to the finals, where teams from around the world will compete.  The finals will be held in Atlanta between April 12-14.  Also representing the Granite State Region in Atlanta will be teams from Manchester West and Fermi High School  (Enfield, CT).
Dean Kamen, founder of the FIRST competition, announces the winners.   The Granite State regional competition was held at the Verizon Center in Manchester, NH.  A total of 46 teams from Canada to Connecticut competed.
	The robot in action.  The ATC robot's "specialty" was a ramp and platform.  This picture shows the robot deploying during the competition. Here's the robot back in the "pits."