LONG BEACH, CALIF. --Gardena High's Cynthia Wong, center, gets some help from Norbert Soski, a rocket scientist with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, as they work on the school's entry in the pits of the FIRST Robotics competition at the Long Beach (Calif.) Arena on March 26, 2010. The competition is pre

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LONG BEACH, CALIF. --Gardena High's Cynthia Wong, center, gets some help from Norbert Soski, a rocket scientist with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, as they work on the school's entry in the pits of the FIRST Robotics competition at the Long Beach (Calif.) Arena on March 26, 2010. The competition is presented by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST). Since 1989, the FIRST Robotics Competition, FRC, has staged competitions around the country. The competition is comprised of short games played by autonomous and remote-controlled robots. The robots are designed and built in six weeks, from a common set of parts, by teams of 15 to 25 high school students under the guidance of engineer-mentors. The teams compete on a 27-by-54-foot field with bumps, attempting to earn points by collecting soccer balls in their goals. An autonomous period starts each match, with robots controlled by pre-programmed instructions. The autonomous period is followed by a period in which the students control the robots. Photo by Jeff Gritchen / Long Beach Press-Telegram