A robotics team involving around 40 area high-school students are working hard to compete against other teams from around the world. Reed Nowling is a student at Columbus East. He says that teams had six-weeks to design, build and program a robot to accomplish a specific task.

Elizabeth Hales is a student at Columbus North. She says that clear communication and what is learned in various classes are big components in creating a good robot.

Nowling says that a set of competitions begin this weekend…

Nowling says that the team has already received invites to both the state and world competitions. However, in order to take part in the state and world events, he says the team needs to raise $25,000 to cover expenses. If you would like to help, you are asked to visit the team’s website at team4926.org.