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They waved banners and wore face paint, but the screaming fans who filled Lundholm Gym to capacity March 6 and 7 weren't in Durham for a sports event—they were teams facing off in a FIRST Robotics competition that drew some 2,000 high school-age engineers from schools around New England. Forty teams had designed and constructed their own robots to compete in a series of tasks that showcased the students' computer programming and engineering skills, all for a shot at the national FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) contest and one of nearly 900 college scholarships. In between matches, teams toured the Ò×ʤ²©¹ÙÍø campus, learned about the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and met members of the university's own WildCats robotics team.

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