The competitions taking place around the globe is a huge affair in the United States, around 615,000 high school students work on robotic teams. team at a regional competition for FIRST Robotics. I was a judge this past weekend on the Ford Motor Co. Cournoyer believes they can learn from failure as well as success. "I know it's not going to work," he said in a low voice, as he fought the urge to intervene. and one of the team's mentors, stands behind that black line a few feet away and watches as students secure the bracket. Sebastien Cournoyer, a plant manager at Cargill Corp. Mechanical issues cost points and can derail a school's goal of making it to the state finals next month. The Full Metal Muskrats - the name of the Algonac High School team - have to get it right. Just a few tense minutes remain before the next match, and the sense of urgency is real as a drill whirs and a hammer knocks a fastener into place. That's where about five students are working feverishly to fabricate a bracket that will keep their robot's arm from retracting too far when it competes in the Michigan State Regional robotics competition against 39 other schools. There's a taped black line on the carpet at the entrance to the Algonac High School FIRST Robotics team's pit area at the recreational center at Kettering University.
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