Australia Plays Host To LEGO Education FIRST Robot Games Tournament

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: A child from Brazil operates his robot at the LEGO Education FIRST Robot Games Tournament on July 5, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. Over 50 teams, 550 children from 15 countries traveled to Sydney, Australia for the Asia-Pacific Open FIRST Lego League Championships. The FIRST program is designed to inspire children to pursue opportunities in science, engineering and technology and become the IT entrepreneurs of the future. Teams from Australia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Egypt, India, Japan, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand came together to showcase their robot building skills and competed in tournaments for the prestigious FIRST Awards. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for LEGO Education/FIRST)