Robots and kids descended on Kent this weekend for an engineering competition

The winning team, 8 To Automate, watches as their robot drops a cup over a pole. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

Robots and kids descended on Kent this weekend for an engineering competition

- Jeremy Brown

Several teams of robot-wielding kids challenged each other with their creations at Kent State’s student center Saturday in a robotics tournament that sent one team from Ohio to the state championship taking place March 12 near Dayton. 

KSS Robotics, a nonprofit in Kent focused on youth education, hosted the tournament in cooperation with Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering.

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