The Star Tribune of Minneapolis recently reported that there are now more robotics teams than hockey teams in Minnesota schools. According to the article, "Robotics team members are getting varsity letters and patches, being paraded before school assemblies like other sports stars and seeing trophies in the same lobby display cases as their football, basketball or baseball counterparts."
The article indicates that there are now more than 4,600 students participating on robotics teams in Minnesota. And for the first time ever, there are 180 robotics teams and 156 high school boys' hockey teams.
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