Medical Lake robotics gear up for 'Steamworks' competition

For this year's FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) season, the Medical Lake High School Circuit Breakers are channeling their inner adventurers.

This season's FIRST competition is Steamworks, a reference to the era when society relied on steam power technology. The team's first event will be March 4 at West Valley High School.

The competition's objective is for alliances of three teams to launch an airship. Alliances accomplish this by collecting plastic fuel elements (balls) and tossing them into the low or high goals of man-made boilers to build steam pressure....