BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — It's a battle of the robots built by brainiacs coming to the Bloomsburg Children's Museum this weekend.
The nonprofit partnered with the S.W.O.R.D. Club at Pennsylvania College of Technology to bring a battlebot tournament to the museum.
It'll take place this Sunday, August 1, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. By the way, S.W.O.R.D. stands for "Student Wildcats of Robotic Design."
The event is officially dubbed S.W.O.R.D. at the Museum presented by T-Mobile.
You can register a robot here! Proceeds benefit the children's museum.
What to expect:
One-pound and three-pound combat robots battle it out in intense one-on-one mechanical matchups.
Admission Info:
This event is free for spectators and open to the public. You can stop by Sunday, August 1, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and check out the museum's exhibits. Plus, watch these combat machines try to win a match by incapacitating the opponent or pushing it off the combat stage.
Organizers say kids will even have a chance to "battle" with the museum's "playable" battlebots.
The museum is expecting between 40 and 50 combat robots. Some will travel from different states at the match.
The Backstory:
The Bloomsburg Children's Museum has hosted a combat robot club for middle and high school students for about seven years now.
Due to COVID restrictions, the nonprofit has not been able to attend a match for more than a year. S.W.O.R.D approached the museum to host their event.
