Robots to take center stage at WSU's Koch Arena Oct. 14 Robots to take center stage at WSU's Koch Arena Oct. 14

The 19th Annual Kansas BEST robotics competition, designed to inspire and motivate high school students toward careers in engineering, science and technology, will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 14) in Charles Koch Arena. Kansas BEST is sponsored by WSU's College of Engineering. Admission is free.

Thirty-two schools from Kansas will compete in the Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event. The sports-like technology contest combines the excitement of a high school football game with the strategy of a chess match and the intellectual challenge of a science fair. Working from identical kits, each team has had six weeks to design and build their robot.