Middle and high school students from Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois will descend upon Oconto Falls High School on Saturday, Jan. 24, for the second Northeast Wisconsin VEX Robotics Challenge.
Thirty-five teams will battle against each other with robots created from the VEX Robotics Design System. The event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the high school, 210 N. Farm Road. Admission is free and open to the public.
Participants will square off in the game Skyrise, developed by VEX Robotics Inc. and the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, leaders in educational and competitive robotics.
The competition is being hosted by Team Green 4-H Club, which will have two teams in the competition. This is the sixth season for the Oconto County team.
The Northeast Wisconsin VEX Robotics Challenge is one in a series of tournaments supported by the REC Foundation and various national, regional and local sponsors. Local sponsors include Oconto Electric Cooperative and Thrivent Financial.
The competition season culminates each spring with the top performing teams from local and state VEX Robotics Competitions competing against each other at the VEX Robotics World Championship, which will take place in Louisville, Kentucky. Countries sending teams to the championships include Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
For information, call Kent Lyng at 920-373-4389.
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