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thousands of students filled virginia

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commonwealth university segal center

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march 18-20 to participate in the first

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robotics virginia regional tournament

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acknowledging the hard work of the

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students was governor bob mcdonnell who

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encouraged the students to pursue their

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interest in science technology

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engineering and math i salute you for

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your innovation your hard work your

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creativity this led you here

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today energetic and focused student

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robotic teams work quickly making last

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minute tweaks to their robots the

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morning of the competition hey can

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someone zip tie this cereal cable so

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that it's out of the way the double

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doozy the excitement in the arena rose

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as the beginning of the competition drew

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near being here is amazing

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i've never done anything like this it's

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it's just been nonstop excitement the

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students showed their robotic spirit by

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dressing up in costumes and bright

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colors

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this year's competition was a new

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experience for everyone and offered

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unique challenges

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what the game is called is breakaway

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this year and it's basically playing

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nasa industry partners and area

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businesses sponsor the robotics teams

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and mentors help the students build and

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program the robots as you can see nasa

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is one of our sponsors and so because of

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this we have the next fundraising to be

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able to

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build our robot do what we need to do

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four

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three