FLINT, Mich.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 2, 2009— Forty of Michigan’s most talented high school robotics teams will compete March 6-7 during the Kettering University FIRST Robotics District Competition in Flint, Mich.

The game this year is called “Lunacy,” because it forces teams to contend with the laws of physics, said Bob Nichols, co-chair of the Kettering district contest. “What’s different is the floor surface. It’s a low-friction surface, which will increase speed and level of difficulty,” Nichols explained. Nichols co-chairs the event with Pat Major of Goodrich.

This year’s robots will pick up nine-inch balls and score them in trailers hitched to their opponents' robots. Additional points are awarded for scoring a special Super Cell ball in the opponents' trailers during the last 20 seconds of the match.

Teams competing at the Kettering district contest are:

Team 1, Pontiac

Team 27, Clarkston

Team 33, Auburn Hills

Team 49, Saginaw

Team 65, Pontiac

Team 66, Ypsilanti

Team 68, Pontiac

Team 70, Goodrich

Team 107, Holland

Team 245, Rochester Hills

Team 302, Lake Orion

Team 314, Flint

Team 322, Flint

Team 397, Flint

Team 468, Flint

Team 470, Ypsilanti

Team 494, Goodrich

Team 548, Northville

Team 818, Warren

Team 830, Ann Arbor

Team 862, Canton

Team 894, Flint

Team 910, Madison Heights

Team 1025, Ferndale

Team 1189, Grosse Pointe

Team 1243, Swartz Creek

Team 1322, Fenton

Team 1504, Okemos

Team 1506, North Oakland County

Team 1684, Lapeer

Team 1718, Armada

Team 1783, West Branch

Team 2145, Lake Fenton

Team 2163, Lapeer

Team 2337, Grand Blanc

Team 2586, Calumet

Team 2619, Midland

Team 2627, Ann Arbor

Team 2771, Grandville

Team 3060, Birmingham

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