The folks behind Michigan\'s robotics competition run by entrepreneur-inventor Dean Kamen\'s charity FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) announced last week that the level of participation in Michigan had hit 100 teams - the highest level of participation of any state. Each team then has six weeks to design and create a functioning robot that will later be used at their choice of 32 regional competitions across the country - including three here in Michigan: March 9-11 at Eastern Michigan University; March 16-18 at Wayne State University, and March 30 - April 1 at Grand Valley State University.