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Bluebag Media
Students build
robots; learn life skills
VERSAILLES – “Roboting is the hook we use to get them interested,” said
Head Referee Scott Milligan. FIRST LEGO League challenges students to
think like scientists and engineers… but they have to be motivated.
Roboting does it.
Milligan, judges, coaches, volunteers and 10 junior high school teams
convened on the old Versailles High School campus at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 21.
Students ran their robots through multiple practice sessions and
fine-tuned the adjustments that would allow their creations to perform
a series of complicated tasks, from picking up and dumping “trash” to
recycling it.
Show time was 12:30 p.m. Ten teams from as far away as Toledo, and as
close as next door neighbor Russia, were introduced to the crowd.
Shortly after that students began the competition. Their robots had to
complete a half dozen complicated maneuvers within a two-and-one-half
minute time frame. They get three opportunities to get their best
score...
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