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Wednesday, 30. March 2005

La Vida Robot


How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.

The winter rain makes a mess of West Phoenix. It turns dirt yards into mud and forms reefs of garbage in the streets. Junk food wrappers, diapers, and Spanish-language porn are swept into the gutters. On West Roosevelt Avenue, security guards, two squad cars, and a handful of cops watch teenagers file into the local high school. A sign reads: Carl Hayden Community High School: The Pride's Inside.

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