The room is abuzz with power tools and little people shuffling back and forth. The hum of their voices almost drowning out the whirring drills. Their tiny tinkering hands work vigorously tightening bolts and configuring remote controls. If we weren’t on the cusp of summer, you might mistaken this for a jolly old man’s toy shop in the North Pole. But these aren’t elves. These are eighth grade students at Marshall Academy of the Arts. And they’re building robots.