Photos Berkeley High robotics team will vie for world title

Berkeley High’s robotics team — joined by a four-wheeled robot named Lithium, a sporty fellow with a knack for scooting zippily and tossing accurately — has qualified for the first time to vie for a world title in the international FIRST Robotics Competition in Houston. A team of 60 Berkeley High students on the school’s “Berkelium” robotics team spent 10 weeks building Lithium and teaching it how to pick up inflatable cubes and plastic cones and project them into baskets. Berkelium had a rocky start to its season, losing regional competitions in Victoria, BC, and a squeaker in San Francisco.…