One more day of competition at the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge in Washington, D.C.!

FIRST Global Challenge is the newest of Dean Kamen's competitions - it is specifically directed at international participation with one team from each country. In addition, there is one team from each continent (except Antarctica) for 6 Continental teams. The Challenge is inspired by the 14 Grand Challenges of Engineering, and this year the Challenge theme is based on providing access to clean water. There are 3 robots on each side, and the 6 robots compete on a 6 meter x 4 meter field. For more info, see their website:
http://first.global/

There's one more day of competition left - TUESDAY, July 18:

• 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 PM GMT) to 5:30 PM EDT (9:30 PM GMT) Competition Rounds 4-6
• 5:40 PM EDT (9:40 PM GMT) to 7:00 PM EDT (11:00 PM GMT) Closing Ceremony

​Here is a short description of the 2017 Challenge:

Monday July 17 was Day 1 of the competitions - here is some of the action (link will only play at Youtube):
https://youtu.be/mBjBKuf1mks?t=11m20s

If you'd like to see the opening ceremonies from Sunday July 16 with an Olympics-like parade of countries and the address by Dean Kamen, here it is (link will only play at Youtube):
​https://youtu.be/vo_F1J4MfWg?t=15m21s