

Field is enclosed by wooden sides, and there is no 'out of bounds area. LEGO Soccer 1: The Field and the Ball (a)Field dimensions A printed sheet 44 inches wide by 8 feet long, with actual playfield approximately 7 feet long. For both events, there were more people wanting to get in than there was room for, he said. LEGO Soccer RoboGames (formerly ROBOlympics) is the largest robot competition and Expo in the United States. Topper was able to organize last week’s camp, and one this week for girls, through grants. The boys were just a few from a group of elementary students from all over Summit County gathered at DVE for the fourth day of the first-ever free science, technology, engineering and math summer camp in Summit County, led by DVE science teacher – and scientist by training – Karl Topper. He was working the computer hooked up to the “crowd” on Thursday, and said it was fun to build everything – the only hard part was making sure all the respective computers and robots worked together well. There’s a motion sensor that detects the ball going through the goal, which sets the crowd off, explained Summit County student Eduardo Robles, who will be entering the sixth grade next year. The children are the ones controlling the Lego robots they built, through small laptops hooked-up nearby. But after a longer look, one realizes the Legos actually move and make sounds – the kicker kicks, the goalie tries to block and a crowd actually cheers. Three boys huddled around a set of Legos at Dillon Valley Elementary Thursday afternoon, playing with what at a quick first glance, is a pretty impressive re-creation of a soccer game.
