JANESVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) — Janesville Parker High School hosted Lego League Regional on Saturday bring together 21 teams.

The teams consist of elementary and middle school students from across southern Wisconsin to compete in robotics and innovation challenges.

Event mentor Allison Conrad explained the competition's focus.

“So there are 21 teams competing here from all over the state of Wisconsin. So these teams are building Lego robots to compete in First Lego League… and they are also doing innovation projects,” Conrad said.

This year's theme, archaeology, required teams to research and design solutions to real-world problems faced by archaeologists. Conrad noted the students' creativity impressed the organizers.

“Teams have been blowing us away with how cool of robots they're build

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