High-school students from more than 50 area schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa — with teams from Cloquet, Esko, Carlton and Barnum registered — will have the opportunity to showcase their hard work after an intense six weeks of designing and building an original robot in the FIRST robotics competition in Duluth.

The competition runs through Saturday at the Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center. There will be 120 teams of students demonstrate their skill for science, mathematics, and technology. They will compete for honors and recognition that reward design excellence, competitive pla...