County 4-H robotics team starts second year

The 4-H robots are taking shape again in Whitman County.

Palouse Area Robotics Team members go over the challenges they must overcome with a new robot they are to build this year as part of the international FIRST program.

The Palouse Area Robotics Team, in its second year, is a group of high school students which participate in the international F.I.R.S.T. program (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).

The program, partially sponsored by NASA, gives teams a box of components and a challenge. Then, after time for strategizing, building and testing, the teams compete again...