Glitch Gang coaches Mark Smith, left, and Hanin Kashen watch as their Sylvania team competes.
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The roBATS team from Delphos St. John's Catholic School watch as their robot performs in Round 2 of the event. From left are Corbin McKinley, Courtney Ebbeskotte, Adara Fuerst, and Zack Herron. Fuerst is a seventh grader; the other students are eighth graders.
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Chicks with Bricks, a rookie team of Girl Scouts from Temperance, Mich., Toledo and Sylvania watch as their robot competes in the event.
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Members of the Chicks with Bricks team watch as their robot competes in the event.
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The Aisle of Misfit Toys, a team of fifth through eighth graders from Ottawa Hills, watches as its robot competes in the second round.
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Head referee Jessica Bollin Smith of Perrysburg inspects the placement of an object by the J-Low's Legos team. The 10- to 12-year-olds on the team are Girl Scouts from Christ the King, Beverly Elementary School or Byrnedale Elementary School.
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Members of Mean Green, a team from Emmanuel Christian School, react as their robot successfully performs one of its tasks. From left are Bryan Wilcox, Kaylynn Wood, Libby Huff, Matthew Valachek, and Aubrey Colter.
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Judges Aleister Cachon, left, Andrew Megeath, and Kevin Allen assess a team's solution to a real-world project, one of the components to winning the tournament.
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