Homer students to compete in state robotics championship

As part of the competition, the middle-schoolers program their Lego robot to perform a series of missions on a tabletop arena.
(Photo courtesy of Marj Dunn)This winter, a group of middle schoolers at West Homer Elementary are putting aside hockey sticks and skis in favor of a more unusual team sport: building robots.
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The group of 10 sixth graders calls themselves the “Brickheads.” They competed against more than 20 teams from across the state at the First Lego League Robot