Sunday, October 6, 2013

Robotics competition pulls in students and big name companies Press-Register

<p>MOBILE, Alabama -- At the center of a hardwood basketball court, a different kind of game is underway.</p><p>A crowd cheers from the grandstand. Cheerleaders yell spirited words. But beneath the blare of a marching band's tune, four students jostle with a joystick, struggling to get a wooden peg in a hole.</p><p>And this task is very serious.</p><p>It's the early round of the Jubilee BEST Robotics Gameday competition, a contest for middle and high school students. Participants from 32 schools from east of the Mississippi River to southwest Alabama have packed into the Mitchell Center on a Saturday.</p><p><a href="http://blog.al.com/live/2013/10/robotics_competition_pulls_in.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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