1/28/12 Oak Park The Oak Park Education Foundation's 7th annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian & Brooks students was held a Julian Middle School on 1/28. Students participating have been designing, building and programming their robots since October. Teams compete against each other controlling their robots with a remote.Julian's sixth grader Owen Frankel prepares his Robot. | Tamara Bell~Sun Times Media

1/28/12 Oak Park The Oak Park Education Foundation's 7th annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian & Brooks students was held a Julian Middle School on 1/28. Students participating have been designing, building and programming their robots since October. Teams compete against each other controlling their robots with a remote.Brooks Eighth grader Patrick Janis prepares his Robot. | Tamara Bell~Sun Times Media

The Oak Park Education Foundation's 7th annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian & Brooks students was held a Julian Middle School on 1/28.

1/28/12 Oak Park The Oak Park Education Foundation's 7th annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian & Brooks students was held a Julian Middle School on 1/28. Students participating have been designing, building and programming their robots since October. Teams compete against each other controlling their robots with a remote. Brooks Students wait for the competition to begin. | Tamara Bell~Sun Times Media

Julian's sixth grader Owen Frankel prepares his robot during The Oak Park Education Foundation's seventh annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian and Brooks middle school students Jan. 28. \ Oak Leaves file photo

1/28/12 Oak Park The Oak Park Education Foundation's 7th annual Vex Robotics competition between Julian & Brooks students was held a Julian Middle School on 1/28. Students participating have been designing, building and programming their robots since October. Teams compete against each other controlling their robots with a remote.Brooks Eighth grader Matthew Wallace prepares his Robot. | Tamara Bell~Sun Times Media