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Robotics Team Gears Up for Tourney
The regional competition is set for March 2-4 in San Diego.
A Temecula robotics team is gearing up for a regional competition.
The tournament is set for March 2-4 at the San Diego Sports Arena. The event is free and open to the public.
The FIRST Robotics Team from Temecula Preparatory School will enter six robots in a game similar to basketball, in which the robots will need to pick up balls and shoot them through hoops, said Wing Choi, a spokesperson for the team.
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About 50 teams will enter the three-day competition, Choi said.
"It's going to be pretty exciting," he said via email.
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The school's robotics team swelled from 20 to 32 members since its inception two years ago, and now includes mentors from , Choi said.
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