'Bots rock

DANIEL HULSHIZER staff Jones Thomas (r) of Edison, a senior at Middlesex County Academy in Edison, picks up his team's robot as team members (from left, in white shirts) Michael Shmulevich, Ricky Prego and Richard Shalmiyev watch at the RobotRocks competition at Middlesex County Community College in Edison on Monday. Their robot was intended to pick up batteries to simulate saving turtle eggs by transporting them to a sanctuary to be "hatched."