Newton’s city-wide high school robotics team, the LigerBots, debuted their 2022 robot, Prometheus, at the FIRST Robotics Competition New England District North Shore Event at Reading Memorial HS this weekend. The team was thrilled to place 3rd out of 40 teams in the Qualifying rounds and become captain of the Second Alliance team, which reached the semi-finals in the Playoffs. The LigerBots will compete again next weekend at the New England District Greater Boston Event, March 25-27. While in person attendance is restricted, observers can follow along here: NE District Greater Boston Event (2022) – The Blue Alliance.