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players, and well-rounded people, so it's
not only math and science nerds."
"The other teams in the competitions are mostly boys, with a few girls,"
Wagner adds. "We're more outgoing and
excited to share what we're doing. A lot
of girls get discouraged regarding math
and science but we're all rooting for each
other at St. Mary's. Other girls come to
us and ask us how the team is doing,
and it's important that we try to support
each other and have fun. The team is
more about learning than winning, but
it's nice to win."

Competitions and Outreach
The team's main project in its first year,
2013, was to create a robot for the BEST
Robotics Inc. state competition in Denver. Each competition has different challenges, and Wagner says this one was
a good fit for the rookie team because
materials were provided and the tasks
were interesting. The robot had to move
dowels, hang hangers, and do a puzzle.
They built a robot completely by hand

The SMAbotics Team competes at the 2013 state BEST robotics competition in
Denver.

intern with a local robotics company in
Louisville, Colorado.
SMAbotics is the first-ever all-girls
robotics team in the Rocky Mountain
region. Wagner says having an all-girls
team gives them a new perspective on

things. "We do things a little differently,
in a good way. We work well together.
It's a small school where everyone knew
each other before the team started.
There are so many different kinds of people on the team: creative, varsity sports

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