Mountain View students take their robot back to the pit after competing in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Mountain View High School students take their robot back to the pit after competing in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday. During this year’s event, 54 student teams from Utah and around the country will compete in a game is called “Infinite Charge,” a “Star Wars”-themed contest in which the teams design and build robots that must collect and store power cells — in the form of balls — in order to energize a shield generator. At the start, the robots must autonomously score the points, and in the second half, students manually operate the droids. The team with the highest score wins the match. Teams that win the Utah regional competition, which continues Saturday, as well as select award winners will move on to the national championship April 15-18 in Houston and April 29-May 2 in Detroit. Saturday’s action will begin at 9 a.m.

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High school teams compete in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Thomas Reinhardt and his classmates from Sentinel High School in Missoula, Montana, cheer on their team during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Robots pull themselves into the air at the end of a heat during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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A driver maneuvers a robot during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Students from Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering & Science in Layton do the “YMCA” dance during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Students react after a loss during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Mentors Garrett Calkins and Guy Stone, from Eagle Crest High School in Centennial, Colo., watch as high school teams compete in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Attendees in costumes check out the action during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Kelli Dittrich, from Nampa, Idaho, and others cheer during the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Alta High School parents and students cheer during in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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High school teams compete in the Utah First Robotics Competition at the Maverik Center in West Valley City on Friday, March 6, 2020. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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