AUSTINTOWN, Ohio - The Austintown FIRST Robotics Team and the Northeast Ohio FIRST Robotics Team announced on Wednesday that the 2022 Mahoning Valley Robotics Challenge Competition will be taking place at Austintown Middle School (800 S. Raccoon Rd., Austintown) on Sunday, October 9.

The competition will be held in the school's gymnasium from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will feature 22 FIRST Robotics Competition teams from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. 

Teams are challenged to raise funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork skills and build and program industrial-sized robots to play a field game against their opponents. Teams are guided by volunteer mentors.

The event is free and open to the public.