Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Justin Hyon, 12, and George Bates, 12, walk with the tennis ball retrieving robot they and a team of students designed at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.

Justin Hyon, 12, and George Bates, 12, walk with the tennis ball retrieving robot they and a team of students designed at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Engineers at the La Cañada Flintridge lab may have some competition on the horizon. Palm Crest Elementary is starting a robotics program and a handful of students have already participated in an international competition.

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Micah Smyth, 12 and David Getzen, 12, demonstrate at a school rally the ability of their robot to pick up and place tennis balls into a bin at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

A few of the 2% Milk robotics team demonstrate their robot’s ability to pick up up tennis balls at a spirit rally Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

The 2% Milk robotics team pose for a group photo after they showed the entire school how their robot picks up and deposits tennis balls at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Principal Karen Russell introduces the robotics team 2% Milk at a spirit rally on the playground at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Students say the Pledge of Allegiance before a spirit rally at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

David Getzen, 12, Grey Finn, 11, and George Bates, 12 watch their robot pick up tennis balls at a spirit rally at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Justin Hyon, 12, holds the tennis ball retrieving robot he and a team of students designed and built at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Palm Crest Elementary robotics team celebrated

Principal Karen Hurley, right, talks with the 2% Milk robotics team moments before they are introduced at a school spirit rally at Palm Crest Elementary School in La Canada Flintridge on Friday, April 26, 2013.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)