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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held at the University of Central Florida March 10-12, Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) meets members of the NASA-sponsored Space Coast FIRST Robotics Team, known as the Pink Team. The Pink Team took first place in the competition as part of a three-team alliance and advances to the Championship in Atlanta in April. The Pink Team comprises students from Rockledge High School and Cocoa Beach Junior_Senior High School. NASA and the University of Central Florida are co-hosts of the regional event. The competition stages short games played by remote-controlled robots, which are designed and built in six weeks by a team of high school students and a handful of engineers-mentors. The students control the robots on the playing field.