(03/02/2001) --- Student teams adjust their robots before competing on the playing field field during the NASA/KSC FIRST Southeastern Regional event held March 1-3, 2001. At left is the ComBBAT 2001 team from Astronaut and Titusville High Schools, Florida. It is a KSC joint-sponsored team. At right is the PC Panthers, no. 710, from Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) events are held nationwide, pitting robots against each other and the clock on a playing field. Many teams are sponsored by corporations and academic institutions. There are 27 teams throughout the State of Florida who are competing. KSC, which sponsors nine teams, has held the regional event for two years