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Meet the high school sport that builds robots — and the next generation of engineers

Claire Montegut (second from right), 16, and Anika Zhou (right), 17, are members of the Space Cookies, a <em>FIRST</em> Robotics Competition team composed of all Girl Scouts. Here they fix their robot's roller &quot;claw&quot; designed to pick up cones and cubes to score points. (Mark Leong for NPR)
Claire Montegut (second from right), 16, and Anika Zhou (right), 17, are members of the Space Cookies, a FIRST Robotics Competition team composed of all Girl Scouts. Here they fix their robot's roller "claw" designed to pick up cones and cubes to score points. (Mark Leong for NPR)

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