Volunteers are needed for a robotics competition April 8 through April 11 at the River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud.

Sixteen high school teams from across the state will compete head-to-head, building robots to complete unique challenges.

The teams that were able to qualify from Saturday’s competition will go onto participate in the statewide robotics competition in March.

Springfield City School elementary students went head-to-head in the district’s first “Battle of the Bots” robotics competition, with Lagonda Elementary taking home the inaugural championship trophy.