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The robots are coming!

The world's biggest robotics competition is happening in Detroit this Wednesday through Saturday, bringing some 40-thousand students, mentors¹, coaches and their families to Ford² Field and Cobo Center. This is the first year that this world robotics championship is being held in Michigan.

Michigan has 508 high school robotics teams. That's more than any other state, and way ahead of second-place California, with 314 teams.

One of those teams? The Cesar Chavez Academy Az-Tech Eagles 4680.

Milton Martinez is the Chief Engineer for this team. He is a lead calibrator³ for hybrid⁴ propulsion systems at GM and Chief of Chiefs at the Robotics Engineering Center of Detroit. Kaelyn Hicks is a senior at Detroit's Cesar Chavez Academy. She's been with the Az-Tech Eagles since she was a freshman⁵. She is the team captain and head programmer of this year's robot.

Martinez and Hicks joined Stateside to discuss what the robotics competition entails⁶, and to explain their robot Edwino. They also talk about what science and technology means to them, and about the impact robotics has for future STEM professionals.

1 mentors   

n.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的名词复数 )v.（无经验之人的）有经验可信赖的顾问( mentor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Beacham and McNamara, my two mentors, had both warned me. 我的两位忠实朋友，比彻姆和麦克纳马拉都曾经警告过我。 来自辞典例句
• These are the kinds of contacts that could evolve into mentors. 这些人是可能会成为你导师。 来自互联网

2 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

3 calibrator   

n.口径测量器

参考例句：

• Volume tube is a calibrator for flow meter inspection. 体积管是检定流量计的标准器。 来自互联网
• Virtual instrument technology is applied to develop a virtual OECT calibrator. 采用虚拟仪器技术开发一套虚拟校验仪。 来自互联网

4 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

5 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

6 entails   

使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
• This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。