Patrick Henry Student to Attend DARPA Robotics Challenge
May 28 2015 - 12:07PM
Business Wire
Jared Voight to cover event on behalf of
Polaris
Polaris® Industries Inc. (NYSE:PII) has selected Patrick Henry
High School Student Jared Voight to accompany Polaris officials at
the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals to be held June
5-6, at the Fairplex, in Pomona, Calif. Voight will be able to
write about his experiences on Polaris’ social media sites,
including Facebook and Twitter.
“Polaris is excited to offer Jared the opportunity to represent
Minnesota Robotics Students at the DARPA Robotics Challenge,” said
David Longren, vice president of Off-Road and Off-Road Engineering
for Polaris. “Jared’s enthusiasm for robotics made him the perfect
candidate to accompany us at the event.”
Voight is currently a sophomore at Patrick Henry High School, in
Minneapolis, Minn. and is a member of the school’s FIRST® Team 2500
Herobotics. A core mission of the team is to encourage young people
to be science and technology leaders by building science,
engineering and technology skills that inspire innovation. High
school members of the team provide mentorship to middle school and
grade school students across several regional states. This outreach
of Patrick Henry students to younger people influences future
generations of engineers to think critically about science, math
and technology at a younger age. Voight has been a member of the
team for two years and will be one of the three co-captains next
year. Dylan Miracle, an engineering teacher at Patrick Henry will
accompany Voight on the trip.
"Representing Polaris at the DARPA Robotics Competition is the
experience of a lifetime,” said Voight. “This is my first time ever
having such an amazing opportunity, and having it be about robotics
makes the trip even more phenomenal. I can use the skills I’ve
learned in our school’s robotics program on this trip as I meet
with some of the best robotics minds in the industry."
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was created to spur development of
robotic technology that can help humans to better respond to future
disasters. The Challenge Finals will have robots perform a number
of tasks in a continuous course, simulating what might be
encountered in a real disaster situation. Polaris is providing
DARPA with the company’s RANGER XP 900 EPS in one of the most
difficult tasks, to help demonstrate a robot’s ability to operate
and to egress from a vehicle. The Polaris RANGER XP 900 is one of
the best-selling vehicles in its class and widely-used around the
world with disaster-relief organizations such as the National
Guard, Salvation Army and other first responders.
About Polaris
Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with
annual 2014 sales of $4.5 billion. Polaris designs, engineers,
manufactures and markets innovative, high quality off-road
vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris
RANGER® and RZR® side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles
and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles.
Polaris is among the global sales leaders for both snowmobiles
and off-road vehicles and has established a presence in the
heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory®
and Indian Motorcycle® and Slingshot® brands. Additionally, Polaris
continues to invest in the global on-road small electric/hybrid
powered vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM),
Goupil Industrie SA, Aixam Mega S.A.S., and internally developed
vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete
line of Polaris Engineered Parts, Accessories and Apparel, Klim
branded apparel and ORV accessories under the Kolpin®, Cycle
Country® and Pro Armor® brands.
Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol “PII”, and the Company is included in the S&P
Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.
Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel
and vehicle accessories are available from authorized Polaris
dealers or anytime at www.polaris.com.
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