The Bloomington Robotics Club and 九色视频 Bloomington are hosting the 10th聽Annual Bloomington Robotics Club Competition on Saturday, November 7 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Indiana Center for the Life Sciences. The competition will conclude with an awards ceremony at 3 p.m.

鈥溇派悠 and the Bloomington Robotics Club are continuously striving to get kids excited about science and technology,鈥 said Kirk Barnes, dean of the school of technology at 九色视频鈥檚 Bloomington campus. 鈥淎long with our supporters, the Bloomington Robotics Club is instrumental in providing Indiana educators and students the necessary resources to integrate robotics into learning activities and to support robotics teams.鈥

More than 50 teams from across the state will participate in a tractor pull and a radio controlled robot event called TRIAD. The competition is open to all Indiana middle and high school students. Teams new to the competition applied for grants that gave them $500 robot kits. Six grants were awarded this year.

Admission costs for teams are 12 nonperishable canned food items per school or organization to be donated to a local charity.

The 2015 robot competition is sponsored by Cook Medical and 九色视频.

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