Robotics Competition Brings 29,000 Students to St. Louis

The students have qualified for this week's championship by beating others at state and regional competitions throughout the school year. During the competition, the robots work to outmaneuver one another by hurling boulders through the window of a tower and attempting to scale their opponent's tower. "It's really spectacular and kind of a rush," said Thomas Mills, a high school senior from Florissant. Another league gives kindergarten through eighth-grade students a real-world problem to solve. This year's theme is solid waste.