Bakersfield VEX Robotics Competition

It was and action filled day at the Bakersfield Robotics Extravaganza VEX Robotics Competition. Students from 16 schools around the region are competing today with robots they programmed and built.The competition also had a special celebrity guest, one of the most famous robots of all time, R2-D2.

The Bakersfield Robotics Extravaganza is only in it's third year and drew a crowd of more than 600 participants and spectators.
Tom Henderson and his wife brought robotics to Kern school. Hen