Gershow recycling donates aluminium scrap to robotics teams

Gershow Recycling, one of the leading scrap recyclers has opened its Medford facility to local FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island robotics teams for last eight years. The programme allows coaches, students and their parents, to collect aluminium scrap metal.

The 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition kicked-off in January 7, 2017 at Stony Brook University and total 15 teams participated in Gershow’s Scrap Metal Day donation event. Each of the teams will construct a 120 pound robot within 6 weeks and prepare themselves for the upcoming competition, presented by School Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc.

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The annual Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition has entered its 18th season. More than 50 teams from Long Island, Brazil and the New York metropolitan area participated in the two day competition. After the kick-off days, and during the six week build period, students work with professional engineering mentors to design a robot. They then participate in regional competitions that choose winners based on the robot’s performance, team work and the determination of the students.

Gershow Recycling has played an important part in encouraging the competition by supplying scrap aluminium to the participants.