"It's a friendly competition, or it tries to be," an official said of the two-day event hosted by the nonprofit FIRST.

The event features 40 high school robotics teams, and students have just two months to design, build and program a robot.

WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - Maine’s next generation of engineers and inventors came together at Thomas College in Waterville on Saturday for the return of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Sixteen high ...