NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The National World War II Museum hosts a time warp, with robots created by teams of middle school students moving through D-Day scenarios.
The museum says 40 teams from across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and Georgia are competing in its second annual Robotics Challenge on Saturday.
The playing field includes robot missions of unloading soldiers from a Higgins boat and avoiding beach obstacles.
Robotics teams prepare for months, each one building an autonomous robot using Lego Mindstorms and preparing a research project
The event begins at 9 a.m., with matches from 10:45 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the awards ceremony at 2 p.m.
It’s part of the museum’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics initiative to encourage young people to explore opportunities in science and math.
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