Ypsilanti (WWJ)  -- It was quite the competition at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center on Friday, where high school students from around the great lakes area faced off with each other in the annual FIRST Robotics Regionals. 

The event tries to show students that math and science can be as interesting as sports.  It also tries to get young people interested in careers as engineers.

Check out the video below, shot by WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert: