AUGUSTA – Madison Corgan, 10, loaded a blue-and-white piece of “quilt” into the arms of her team’s robot, Sam, pushed a button or two and then watched, smiling widely but nervously, as the Lego robot went about the tasks the team had programmed it to do.

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Preston Moody, left, and Isaac Lawrence watch their team’s robot compete Saturday at the Maine FIRST Lego League Championship in Augusta.

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