Robot No. 3694, built by a team of teens from Brattleboro’s Windham Regional Career Center, recently represented the Center at the 4-H Northern New England FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competiton in New Hampshire, says the Brattleboro Reformer. The project started out as an after-school program for engineer students and turned into a robotics team. The robot has been programmed to travel across flat and elevated surfaces, balance on a seesaw, and collect objects by using a wheeled arm. Teams of up to 10 students per – including coaches, mentors, and volunteers – are responsible for devising and constructing the robot. “What I like about the project is the students are responsible for resigning the robot, building the robot, and programming,” said Amy Anthony, an engineering instructor at the center. The project also helps build skills in team work and cooperation among the team. Take that R2-D2.