Sciborgs, Vikotics robotics season to start

The high school robotics season nears its start again for 2020, with teams around the northwest – and the world – preparing for first competitions, to begin this weekend.

The Palouse Area Robotics Team, the Sciborgs, made up of kids from Colfax, Pullman, Moscow, Colton and Uniontown, will begin its ninth year Saturday with a scrimmage in the West Valley High School cafeteria in Spokane, going against West Valley, Coeur d'Alene and Kettle Falls.

Each team builds a robot to compete in the season's specific game.

"Our design team has some innovative designs that we haven't seen before," said Scib...