A local nonprofit is organizing a combat robotics competition to get students interested in manufacturing.
is hosting April 28, where robots created by students from school districts in Northeast Ohio will face off.
Executive Director Alice Cable says the event is an effort to push students to consider jobs in manufacturing as a way of addressing the industry鈥檚 labor shortage.
A lot of the work is something that most of them could see themselves doing, says Cable. And, look, if they can鈥檛 see themselves doing that, that鈥檚 important as well.
Local companies sponsor the teams鈥� robots, supplying resources and expertise while working alongside the students.
Cable says 25 high schools are expected to participate. Fifteen middle schools are signed up for the Junior Bots division.
