Bluechip9

Billable hours ≠ hours at work/working. Also doesn't include commuting, lunch, etc.

Here's a simplified explanation from Yale Law School.

The FIRST Global Challenge is an annual robotics game that addresses the 14 Grand Challenges identified by the United States of America’s National Academy of Engineering. Each year, a different Grand Challenge will take center stage as the theme of that year’s FIRST Global game, which will be held in a different nation’s capital each year. To underscore the global importance of the 14 Grand Challenges, the engineering academies will host their annual meeting in collaboration with the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge in Washington, DC this July.

FIRST Robotics, LEGO, etc. are just skills-based games. Global actually tackles engineering issues like clean water.

FIRST Global is: http://first.global/about/about-first-global/

FIRST Robotics, LEGO, etc. are a different division.