On August 8th of this year,

team members of The Brazilian Trail

Blazers, set off on a journey of

about 50 hours towards the other

side of the world. Team members

were selected to join the China Ro-

botics Challenge competition that

was held in the city of Shenzhen in

China.

Arriving at Hong Kong air-

port, we were very well welcomed

by representatives of the competi-

tion and our mentors that awaiting

for us. Housed and rested, the Trail

Blazers followed the travel itinerary

and met with the other teams to ta-

ke a tour by one of the Chinese fac-

tories that supports the event. After

the teams were distributed to con-

duct workshops with the Chinese

teams to teach them about FIRST

and its values. In these days, the

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Brazilian team stood out among the

others, because even with the

"language barrier" as spoken langua-

ges ranging from English, Portuguese

and Chinese, we were able to work in

full partnership with the two Chinese

teams that were assisted by us. We

assist and teach all areas related to

robotics to them and at the end of

this workshop team was the first to

have a robot able to compete, ma-

king scores during the game. In the

following days, after the workshop

and before the competition, the Ur-

ban Youth Robotics Alliance – organi-

zing of China Robotics Challenge -

provided the foreign teams three

days of travel within China in a histo-

rical city of 2,000 years, Guilin. To

get there, we took a bullet train ride

that lasted four hours. We sleep in

Teams in China Robotics Challenge

Cooperation between the teams during the

competition

Internacional Association of

Technological Development

tion. We end up Finalist and winners of the

award "Inspiration". The Chinese team

that we assist won the best position in the

ranking among beginners times, which

made us extremely happy.

Before we go back to Brazil, we

spent a few days in Hong Kong and had

the opportunity to know Macau, it was al-

so colonized by the Portuguese.

We just have to thank everyone who sup-

ported our team in this unique and won-

derful experience we had the opportunity

to participate, we could never imagine

that one day we would be helping young

people across the world. Mission comple-

ted! Or better... Mission INITIATED! We

will continue to inspire and help young pe-

ople all the globe!

the city and the next morning we ride bo-

at at Li River, and set off towards

Yangshou, where we visited some typical

places as West Street and caves. Mo-

reover, we watched a Impression Liu San-

jie presentation organized by the same

producer of the opening show of the Bei-

jing Olympics in 2008, among many other

activities that were scheduled by the com-

petition with the intention of introducing

China to the international teams.

Back in Shenzhen, we were ready

to compete. The competition was atten-

ded by about 30 Chinese teams and 10

international teams, there were three

days of competition where we could teach

a little more about the Chinese competi-

Bullet train ride to the Guilin city

Boat trip on the River Li River

Snack with the team of Australia FRC 4613

Our team with the representative of the

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We had the opportunity

to lecture to students of Me-

thodus course in the Cachoeiri-

nha city. It was a very positive

experience because we had

contact with many young peo-

ple who are preparing to enter

college. Thank you professor

Luciano Arnold Leite for provi-

ding us this opportunity.

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Lecture in Methodus course

Writed by Savanna Denega

Participation in FLL course at SESI Porto Alegre

In early October we were participating in the Judges Training course at SESI Porto Alegre of FLL Robotics

Tournament.

The FLL - FIRST Lego League - is one of the modalities of the FIRST competition, the entity that organizes

the tournament we participate every year, for children aged 10 to 16 who are elementary and high school stu-

dents. This kind of competition uses Lego parts for the mounting robots, training skills as programming and stra-

tegy, because this game has many different rules.

The competition will be in November in Brazil, and this course was a great opportunity to qualify to par-

ticipate as volunteers in this great competition that will take place in FIERGS Porto Alegre.

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/trailblazers1772 www.aidtec.org

FIRST is an acronym for Inspiration and

Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST was

founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest

and participation in science and technology. Based

in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit

public charity designs accessible, innovative pro-

grams that motivate young people to pursue edu-

cation and career opportunities in science, techno-

logy, engineering, and math, while building self-

confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

The varsity Sport for the MindTM, FRC

combines the excitement of sport with the ri-

gors of science and technology. Under strict

rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams

of 25 students or more are challenged to raise

funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork.

Currently, the regional completions happen in

United States, Mexico, Canada, Israel, and

Australia.

What is FRC? What is FIRST?

Contact us on:

trailblazers1772@gmail.com

Robotics Team

Team FRC 1772

The Brazilian Trail Blazers

Headquarters: School Heitor Vila Lobos;

Otello Rosa street 118 – Cohab C,

Gravataí-RS,

Brazil.

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We are the Brazilian Trail Blazers and everything we won is a

proof of your great partnership with all our sponsors.

Thanks all of you!