It's Super Bowl weekend, and a robotics competition is riffing on that football theme as it aims to encourage students, particularly girls, to take an interest in robotics. The 17th annual CRC Robotics Competition started Thursday at Laval Senior Academy, and a winner will be announced Saturday. Organizers see the competition as a fun way to get girls thinking about pursuing further studies in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math. "One of our missions is always to promote women in STEM, having girls pursue their passion at a very young age," spokesperson Natasha Vitale said. "We also wanted to make sure they have collaborative competition they can go to and have fun," Vitale said.

Source: CBC News February 03, 2018 12:56 UTC