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"While college students gather at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for the NCAA Tournament, high school students are gathering at the US Cellular arena for another competition.Rolling up their sleeves, these students had six weeks to take a box of parts and turn it into a fully functioning robot.VIDEO: Robotics regional competition going on in MilwaukeeThe FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people to solve a common problem in that limited timeframe, using a standard kit of parts and a common set of rules.\"It's especially exciting because it is my senior year,\" said Sussex student Morgan Swartzvendruber. \"I'm trying to make the best out of the last competition I might be at.\"Teams who qualify Thursday through Saturday will move on to an international competition in St. Louis.And while winning is nice, students say the camaraderie with other engineering-minded students is just as important.Students are setting up Thursday, and the competition runs Friday and Saturday. Admission to the competition is free."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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