A Statement about the purpose and Goal of Oklahoma Robotics
Our nation continues to experience a severe shortage of students pursuing
careers in science, engineering, and technology. In fact, statistics reveal
that the United States is lagging behind many other countries in the number
of graduates in these fields. Many argue that this situation is of crisis
proportion.
Oklahoma Robotics represents a group of students, parents, teachers,
administrators, industry mentors, and individual and corporate sponsors,
working together to address this lack of student interest in fields of
technology. Our efforts are manifested by promoting robotics training at
grade levels K-12.
Much of this training involves organizing students in different teams
that build a robot under the guidance of teachers and industry mentors.
Subsequently, the teams compete to determine who built the best robot. One
goal is to provide the same level of fun and excitement through competition
in technically oriented activities that many students experience in
athletics.
In summary, the mission of Oklahoma Robotics is to encourage students to
pursue careers in science, engineering, and technology by participating in
robotics training.