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He writes that Marines trained the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's robots. The robots, trained to identify humans, were fooled by Marines doing somersaults and hiding in boxes.

But students still have to construct a functioning robot. At Sylacauga High School, for example, as many as 20 students are taking part in the project, said Paul Lynch, a teacher there.