Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-Bayer MaterialScience llc, US arm of the German firm, has donated about 1.5 tonnes of its Desmopan thermoplastic polyurethane to the organisers of a robotics competition.The material will be used to make tyres for a kit to be distributed to high school students competing for the competition organised by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a body founded by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Human Transporter.The competition challenges the students-supported by their teachers, local companies and volunteers-to design, assemble and test a robot that can perform a specified task in competition with other teams. About 1300 teams from across the United States and around the world are competing in this year's "Rack 'N' Roll" competition, which concludes with the FIRST Championship to be held 12-14 April, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.For more information on the FIRST Robotics Competition, visit www.usfirst.org. "
