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'Mini-engineers' explore the world of robotics building
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Camp instructor Drew Herring helps campers Nash Bland, right, and Michael Welch. Bland, 8, attends Screven County Elementary, while Welch, 9, goes to Julia P. Bryant Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)

Georgia Southern University is holding its annual LEGO Robotics Rascals camp this week at the university's Continuing and Professional Education Center on Highway 301 South across from Ogeechee Technical College. Since Monday, the 7- to 10-year-old "mini-engineers" have been exploring the world of robotics-building, programming and problem-solving. They have been taking on challenges and experimenting with coding to build their own LEGO robots. The camp concludes Friday. 

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Lawson Duvall, 7, tries out the LEGO robot he just put together at camp. Duvall goes to Julia P. Bryant Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)
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GS Continuing and Professional Education coordinator Grace Owens-Gaughan helps Jude Phillips, right, with his robot while Knox Messer watches. Phillips and Messer are both 7 and attend Brooklet Elementary. (JASON MARTIN/special)
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Ten-year-old Max Stobb, foreground, works out some of the technical issues with his LEGO robot, while assistant camp instructor Tania Eubanks, standing center, helps another camper. (JASON MARTIN/special)