DULUTH, MN - KBJR 6's Jessie Slater sat down with Annalise Borman whose the Media Co-Captain of the Duluth East Daredevils robotics team to learn more about a fierce battle getting underway at the DECC.

The FIRST Robotics Regional Competition will be held there this weekend.

Dubbed the ultimate sport for the mind, high school students from all over the area are challenged to raise funds and create an industrial-sized robot to battle other teams on the playing field.

Each team is given six weeks to build up the best bot they can with a trip to the national competition on the line.

The Daredevils coach says this year's Star Wars franchise powers the game, and Disney and Lucasfilms sponsors the game.

The game is Star Wars-themed, and the Daredevils' bot is a female bot named Ashoka, based on a Star Wars character.

For more details on the robotics competition please click here.

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INTERVIEW: Star Wars-themed robotics competition getting underway at the DECC - KBJR 6