OWENBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Owensboro city officials say HAUNTED, an annual VEX V5 Robotics Competition is coming to Kentucky for the first time.

According to a press release, the largest High School World Championship qualifying competition is coming to the Owensboro Convention Center.

The VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) is a robotics competition where teams design, build, program, and drive robots to compete in 2v2 matches.

Officials say HAUNTED brings over 160 high school and college level robotics teams to Owensboro for a weekend of fast-paced STEM battles, that’s over 1200 students and their families.

They say teams are coming from Canada, California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, Indiana, New York, Alabama, North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia and more.

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