Development
The non-profit organisation HANDS on TECHNOLOGY has been organising FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) in Central Europe since 2001 and is part of the global FLL Community
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Development of participants for Central Europe since 2001
| Year | Teams | Regions/Countries | Participants in total | Girls (share) | Boys (share) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 955 | 67 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 6.585 | 16 % | 84 % |
| 2015 | 884 | 63 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 6.334 | 16 % | 84 % |
| 2014 | 835 | 57 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 5.937 | 17 % | 83 % |
| 2013 | 811 | 57 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 6.112 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2012 | 846 | 54 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 5.578 | 21 % | 79 % |
| 2011 | 813 | 55 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 5.979 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2010 | 740 | 52 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 5.380 | 17 % | 83 % |
| 2009 | 668 | 42 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 4.858 | 18 % | 82 % |
| 2008 | 614 | 42 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 4.490 | 22 % | 78 % |
| 2007 | 460 | 32 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL) | 3.220 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2006 | 359 | 26 (A, CH, CZ, D, H) | 2.658 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2005 | 281 | 21 (A, CH, D, H) | 2.127 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2004 | 171 | 12 (A, CH, D) | 1.259 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2003 | 104 | 8 (A, D) | 588 | 12 % | 88 % |
| 2002 | 39 | 6 (D) | 278 | 15 % | 85 % |
| 2001 | 16 | pilot tournament (D) | 78 | 35 % | 65 % |
Development of participants
FLL worldwide - international developement
Since 1998 FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) has been established all over the world for children and youngsters. FLL is a cooperational project of LEGO® Company and the foundation FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) started in 1998 in the USA. Dean Kamen the founder of FIRST® and initiator of the FLL in the USA outlines the establishment of FIRST® LEGO® League as follows: "We have to show our children that it can be more interesting to create a robot than just to play with it."
Within the 15 years of the existance of FLL the challenge could be established in more than 80 countries and was organized with more than 25.000 teams in 2014. The non-profit organization HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. is one of the many partners in the world wide FLL Community and is running the robotics competition in 7 countries in Central Europe.