Schools from all around the Houston area are competing to see who can build a better robot.

They're taking part in the Lone Star Regional First Robotics Competition at the George R. Brown Convention Center.


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To get ready for this year's challenge students worked with mentors.

They had only six weeks to design, build, program, and test their robots in preparation for the event which measured the effectiveness of their robots.

39 Photojournalist Shannon Runyon shows us how these students are hoping their creations score big