Lovell Lego Robotics team

From left: Maks Bondarev, Oren Monteith and Sofie Bondarev of Lovell Lego Robotics team show off their First Place trophy for research on a problem facing space explorers, at the first Lego League Challenge state qualifier. (COURTESY PHOTO)

LOVELL, Maine — Students from the Lovell Lego Robotics team competed against 25 other teams, ages 9 to 14, at the first Lego League Challenge state qualifiers on Nov. 17 in Jay, Maine.

Each team designs, builds and programs an autonomous Lego Mindstorms robot, to complete a variety of tasks. No remote controls are permitted. This year's theme is space exploration. Teams also research a real-life problem facing astronauts, and present their solutions.

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