Student-built robots to compete at JMU today

— Making a robot has two main components, according to a group of students at Sacred Heart Academy. “Messing around and eating,” 12-year-old Sydney Aschenbrenner said with a smile. What they won’t tell you is all the effort that went into making the hand-size Lego robot they showed off Friday — the computer programming, the math, the problem-solving and teamwork. This weekend, two teams of seven students from Sacred Heart in grades sixth through eight will take their robots to the FIRST LEGO regional competition at James Madison University. The...