Redneck Robo Hobos design restoration wheelchair for returning astronauts

Haines’ Redneck Robo Hobos placed second in Robot Games at the Juneau Jamboree Qualifying Tournament for FIRST Lego League on Dec. 9.

Seventeen teams compete from Juneau, Skagway and Petersburg. The competition had four categories: Robot Design, Project (problem-solving), Core Values, and Robot Performance.

FIRST Lego League, which stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, challenges fourth through eighth graders to develop a solution to a real-world problem.

The theme this year…