Jared Voight to cover event on behalf of Polaris
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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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