Robots Come FIRST at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Team Members and their Robots to Lead the 87^th Annual Parade in New York City with Help from Southwest Airlines and FedEx

MANCHESTER, N.H., November 7, 2013― FIRST^® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology, announced today that five award-winning FIRST^® Robotics Competition (FRC^®) teams and their robots will have the honor of opening the 87^th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade^® on November 28, 2013 in New York City.

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