RETAL is proud to sponsor the Lituanica VLR youth robotics team, who recently brought home the \u2018Growing FIRST\u2019 award from the global FIRST Robotics competition, held in Houston, Texas, in April 2024.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST Robotics is a global nonprofit organization that prepares young people for the future through a suite of inclusive, team-based robotics programs for ages 4-18. With the pinnacle of its annual events the international competition, the FIRST Robotics program is suitable for schools or structured after-school activities and is supported by a network of volunteers and sponsors including over 200 Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n
RETAL Purchase Director Arturas Scerbakovas, an active supporter of Lituanica VLR (Vilnius Lyceum Robotics), says, \u201cFIRST Robotics is a fast-growing global robotics community that is focused on helping to prepare young people in careers in STEM. It\u2019s great fun and very high energy; it\u2019s a brilliant way for young people to develop their technical skills in a fast environment. My daughter is in the team; she loves engineering and plans to study it at university, so I\u2019m happy to do whatever I can to support her.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the Lituanica VLR team earning the \u2018Growing FIRST\u2019 award in recognition of its impressive progress, RETAL is a proud sponsor of this inspirational team that is motivating the next generation of skilled engineers.<\/p>\n