On Saturday, November 11th, the SIUE Engineering Building was the location of an unusual soccer competition. What made this competition unusual was that its contestants were all robots. Eight local high-schools fielded a total thirty robots, each created and programmed by a team of students.

Each team was issued a LEGO Mindstorms robotics kit, providing them with the necessary materials to build their robots. Within the 16'x4' arena, these robots were required to play both defense and offense, placing obstructions in front of their respective goals and knocking colored balls into the goal of the opponent.

After 61 matches were played, the Triad team named Slayer emerged victorious. Additionally, teams from Collinsville, Edwardsville, and Mascoutah will all return on December 5th for another chance to battle each other and take on the best teams from the SIUE IME106 class.