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Please provide a warm welcome to
your tournament MC, Rene Haro.

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Good morning, Aerospace Valley.

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Welcome to the 2022 FIRST
Robotics Competition,

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and this year's
challenge, Rapid React,

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presented by The Boeing Company.

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Drivers, behind the lines.

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3, 2, 1, go.

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FIRST stands for For
Inspiration, Recognition

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in Science and Technology.

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They teach all facets
of engineering.

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What it's about is building
teamwork and relationships,

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and giving kids the tools
they need to succeed in life.

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OK, you got [INAUDIBLE].

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You got a bunch right over here.

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Here, here--

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Pretty cool to see
what these kids built.

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[BELL RINGING]

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The mentors guide them.

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Yes, right there.

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OK.

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Try to get to it.

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Get to it.

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We got it.

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We got it.

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We got it.

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But the kids are
doing all the design.

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The kids are figuring
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want their robot to look like.

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And we just help them
figure out how to get there.

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Lot of contact here.

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And they have to
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to build a robot that
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given what the game is.

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It usually involves
some kind of ball

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that you can pick
up off the ground.

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And then you have to
throw it into a hoop,

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like a basketball hoop.

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And this year, the other
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is climb across monkey bars.

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So the robots actually
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a bar, then traverse the
bars at different levels.

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Being on a robotics
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how to work with
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how to be a good leader
when you need to be.

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It's allowed me to learn a
lot about myself and a lot

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about working with others.

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And they're skills that I'll
use for the rest of my life.

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Shoot!

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There you go.

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NASA has an interest in
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are coming up
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are given the tools where
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ready-made to come and join us.

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And they are sought
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have the skills for the 21st
century that businesses want.

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They look at resumes
for new hires.

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And when they see FIRST, those
are things that they look for.

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Because they know the
kids have the skills

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to do real world projects and
solve real world problems.

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I think NASA is a great program
that I'd be looking forward

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to go to, especially because
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in the Valley.

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I plan to go into engineering
when I'm in college.

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So it's really great to have
all this prior experience

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beforehand.

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I think even with all
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I'm taking at school, it's
great to be continuing this

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after school, and be able
to do so many hours into it.

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We've got a traversal
climb in the works in blue.

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You'll see students here
from all walks of life.

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Two on the one ending.

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And they're all contributing.

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And so we want
diversity at NASA.

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Looks even on the end.

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This is going to be close.

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In 3, in 2, in 1.

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All those experiences that
these kids have just--

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they make a better,
stronger workforce.

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I think it's a great inspiration
for people in younger grades

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that they're seeing more
girls like us in this field,

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so that they can
continue to do it, too.

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My dream career is to work
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Laboratory.

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On your right!

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Because I want to
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that goes out past
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I want to learn more about
our neighboring universes

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and just explore the cosmos.

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Yeah!

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Yeah!

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Yes!

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From being young and
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to now building robots,
it's an amazing experience.

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And I've had so much
fun in FIRST Robotics.

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[BUZZER]

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OK.

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So this room, this is the pits.

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This is where the robots
come back to after a match.

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If something breaks,
these guys got to fix it.

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They've got to fix it fast.

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[MOTOR SPINNING]

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So they've got to have spares.

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They've got to do
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to replace those parts.

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And they've got to
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I love robots.

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