![Jillian Kuchar, 3, wearing her mom Julie Luchar's blazer, laughed as she watched a ball-shooting-robot, made by the Eagan High School robotics team, drive past her at an event that had local high school students from the 14 area school's 3M sponsors in Robotics showing off incredible robots they made themselves at the 3M plaza on Thursday, August 7, 2015 in Woodbury, Minn. Family of 3M employees were invited to see and test out the robots. Julie Luchar is a 3M employee. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER &](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/5V2JBMSTZ4Q5CG3UMDGNFCYWJU.jpg?&w=1080)
Jillian Kuchar, 3, in mom Julie Kuchar's blazer, marveled at a ball-shooting robot engineered by the Eagan High School robotics team. Thursday's event brought together high school students from the 14 area schools that 3M sponsors in robotics. They showed off inventions at the 3M plaza in Woodbury. Julie Kuchar and other 3M employees were invited to test the robots with their families. Henry O'Callaghan, left, pointed to a robot he created with his St. Paul Central robotics team and let Natalie Loewe, 5, drive using a joystick.
![Henry O'Callaghan pointed to a robot he and his Central High School robotics teammates created as he let five-year-old Natalie Loewe and her mom Allyson Loewe drive using a joystick during an event that had local high school students from the 14 area school's 3M sponsors in Robotics showing off incredible robots they made themselves at the 3M plaza on Thursday, August 7, 2015 in Woodbury, Minn. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • reneejones@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/JX4IUQSMYNMX25TEPW3ZANHQ3Q.jpg?&w=1080)
