Aiming to bring young people together with technology and science, the FIRST Robotics Competition will be held under the sponsorship of TürkNet this year.
in the USA for more than 30 years and held in our country for the last 8 years. FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is known as an event based on increasing the interest of especially high school students in science and technology. Due to the increasing interest every year, it was decided to organize 3 events this year.
The first event of the 2022 season will be held by the Fikret Yuksel Foundation with the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Izelman A.Ş. At the event, visitors from Turkey, Poland and Kazakhstan There will be 35 teams in total..
Winners will receive internship opportunities at Facebook and Google
In the Istanbul leg of the FRC, which will be held at the VW Arena, scientists, technology companies, students and entrepreneurs will come together. The winners of the competition were entitled to go to the grand finale in Houston, USA, and received scholarships and scholarships from many universities. Google headquarters of companies such as will get internship opportunities. Like Lego in the middle school leg of the event and Disney Plus in the high school leg of the event. There will be sponsors around the world.
In the part of the competition to be held in Turkey, the communication supporter was TürkNet. TürkNet, which has put the youth together with science and technology among its primary goals for years, also 129 universities and 17 technoparks It also supports the internet infrastructure.
TürkNet CEO Cem Çelebiler said the following about FIRST Robotics Competition;
“As TürkNet, we are aware of our creative and productive potential with our educated young and hardworking population. However, it is also very important that we are aware of the shortcomings that need to be eliminated in order to achieve high goals. The sad truth is that Turkey ranks 103rd in the world in fixed internet speed. We, as TürkNet, are working day and night to change and improve this. Our customers, who join us as a part of this change, add strength, and we take our faith and strength in change from them. On the other hand, it is our young people who are passionate about science and technology, who can take us to the higher ranks we deserve in almost every field in the world league. The FIRST Robotics Competition event, which will bring the world of science, technology and art together in İzmir, and which we are among the supporters of, plays a very important role in making the future dreams of young people come true. As a company, we are proud to be a part of this event, which makes valuable contributions to high school students’ learning to win together by focusing on team spirit, cooperation and the process rather than the result.”
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