An international robotics showdown kicked off on Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
The “Run for the Robots” competition has attracted kindergarten through 12th-grade teams from eight countries and 24 states to Alltech Arena for a Kentucky Derby-themed robotics battle.
“We have 57 teams in attendance here, compete in a head to head game, alliance format with their robots,” said Kelli Gowen, Kentucky FIRST Robotics Executive Director…