Yale Daily News

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High schoolers win robotics competition

After winning regionals, Career High team must now raise $2K to compete in national robotics championship

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, April 9, 2007

In a spacious, sun-lit workshop at Hill Regional Career High School, the robot CRASH VII — an acronym for Career Robots Are So Hot — is on the loose. It can run, turn, grab objects and even transform itself into a ramp.

The product of six weeks of toil, CRASH VII won first place for Career High’s 30-member robotics team among over 40 teams in the regional competition of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. The competition, held in Hartford in March, qualifies the students for their first-ever shot at competing among more than 1300...

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