Crystal Robinson, 11, works with a small, kit-built robot, right, as Allie Chassanoff, 13, observes, left, with Rick Gaines, director of the Thames Science Center in New London, Connecticut on Dec. 4, 1989. Gaines conducts a robot building course, Project Robot Acts. The computer in the background helps run the robot. (AP Photo/Marty Reichenthal)
