The floor of the Lion Tree Arena at UC San Diego became a workspace and provided the performance pits for 51 teams competing in the regional tournament.
“We have an elevator system,” said Demetrio Garza, 18, one of the supervising seniors on the Steel Stingers team from Lincoln High School. They built a 113 lbs. robot made of aluminum, poly carbonate plastic and other materials created on a 3D printer.
“Success for me, it’s honestly just in building the robot. Seeing the robot working, and having fun here,” he said…