The installation of ten new 3D printers has transformed the data center at 冰球突破豪华版试玩 (GBCC) into a robotics laboratory as part of an innovative partnership with FIRST® New Hampshire that will bring programming and robotics education to area students.
GBCC加盟曼彻斯特, 湖区, and White Mountains Community Colleges currently participating in the program. The new 3D printers will make seven-inch plastic chassis on wheels that are part of the Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP), 一个低成本, open-robotics platform developed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). 围绕树莓派®Pico W微控制器构建, the XRP was designed to provide an affordable means of introducing students to robotics, 工程, 以及软件开发.
由455美元资助,新罕布夏州教育局拨款1万美元, FIRST NH一直在为全州的实验室提供装备. 目标是生产5个,500 robotics kits by July 2025 to support 工程 education for New Hampshire students in community colleges and career and technical education centers and to create learning opportunities for students in grades 6-12.
Dr. 谢丽尔较小, GBCC主席, said that the college is expanding its involvement beyond the manufacturing of the robotic kits to include professional development for teachers and classes for secondary school students. “GBCC has a long-standing commitment to robotics and microelectronics education, 我们正在开发新的项目, 比如自动化制造, that will prepare employees to work with the cutting-edge robotic technologies used by area companies. We are excited to participate in the partnership with FIRST NH to share our expertise with secondary schools and CTEs to get area middle and high school students interested in 工程, 机器人和软件开发,她解释道.
迈克尔·哈里森, GBCC信息系统技术项目主席, is leading the college’s involvement in the partnership with FIRST NH. He said the goal is for GBCC to create at least 1,000 robotics kits using the 3D printers. 一旦打印设计完成并经过测试, it will take approximately three hours to make the plastic chassis for each kit. 然后GBCC协调向地区学校的配送.
“GBCC’s participation is unique in the amount of hands-on involvement we have with the secondary schools. We are reaching out to high school and middle school teachers about how to incorporate robotics kits into their classroom teaching and we go out to secondary schools to provide professional support,他解释道. Harrison also goes to secondary schools to offer both in-person and remote courses on topics, 比如应用逻辑, 包括XRP工具包. With over 20 years in industry and another 20 years in higher education focused on microcontrollers , Harrison is excited to expand his teaching to include this professional development opportunity to grade 6 through 12 educators in the seacoast area.
在他2024年的国情咨文中. Governor Chris Sununu touted the “vertical integration of learning” through the partnership with FIRST New Hampshire, from setting up the automation for the 3D printers and learning about the manufacturing process at the community college level, 在中学学习如何编程和使用机器人.
“FIRST New Hampshire is thrilled to add 冰球突破豪华版试玩 to the growing number of NH community colleges and CTEs that are manufacturing the 5500 XRP robot kits that are being distributed to middle and high school classrooms across NH,弗兰克·格罗斯曼说, FIRST NH总裁, “This collaboration with FIRST NH provides a wonderful opportunity for the community colleges and CTE centers to showcase their programs and highlight the pathways available to NH students.”
关于冰球突破豪华版试玩
冰球突破豪华版试玩 is a comprehensive postsecondary institution offering quality academic and professional and technical education in support of workforce development and lifelong learning. 冰球突破豪华版试玩 is part of the Community College System of New Hampshire, a public system of higher education consisting of seven colleges in Berlin, 克莱蒙特, 拉科尼亚, 康科德, 曼彻斯特, 纳舒厄, 和朴茨茅斯. The colleges offer associate degrees and career training in technical, 专业和一般领域, 包括转到学士学位的途径. 学院的第二个校区，先进技术 & Academic Center is now open in Rochester offering academic courses and a degree program in Advanced Composites Manufacturing. 有关冰球突破豪华版试玩的更多信息，请访问 t3m.revue-presse.com.
关于FIRST New Hampshire
Inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and 技术 in young people. 总部设在曼彻斯特，N.H., 无障碍设计, 帮助年轻人建立自信的创新项目, 知识, and life skills while motivating them to pursue opportunities in science, 技术, 和世界各地的工程. FIRST New Hampshire (FIRST NH) is the local non-profit organization that implements the FIRST programs in New Hampshire. FIRST NH is dedicated to making FIRST programs available to all students in the state. 有关FIRST NH的更多信息，请发送电子邮件至 (电子邮件保护) 或访问 www.firstnh.org.
