03 Feb 2013 Teams learn science and teamwork at KC robotics competition
By JOE ROBERTSON
The Kansas City Star
Posted on Sun, Feb. 03, 2013
Their robots were temperamental. Unpredictable.
Figuring out just what teenagers from all around Missouri and beyond were doing Sunday to try to tame their hotwired machines meant a lot of talking while walking.
The rounds of competition at the FIRST Tech Challenge at the University of Missouri-Kansas City came at the robotics teams relentlessly, and problems and more problems were demanding solutions. Little time to chat.