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Students in Yale University’s Department of Engineering will hold “Robot Wars 2001,” Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m., in Davies Auditorium of the Becton Engineering and Applied Science Center at 15 Prospect Street, New Haven.

The students in the Mechanical Design Studio class are provided with materials to construct a machine about 10 weeks before the competition. This year the robots will be required to deposit gold coins into the bin across from their robot’s starting point.

The robot contestants in this year’s annual event include contenders such as “The Little Engine that Could” and “Tackless Devil.”