PHOTO GALLERY: Area high schools teams prepare for robotics competition

KSDK -- High school students from 42 area high schools are competing in a robotics competition this weekend.

• PHOTO GALLERY: Robotics competition

The competitors unloaded their robots and put some final touches on them at Saint Louis University's Chaifetz Arena Thursday morning. The competition runs through Saturday.

This year's event is called "Lunacy" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of NASA's first lunar landing of the Apollo 11 mission.

List of schools in the St. Louis metro who have teams competing:

- Barat Academy High School
- Bishop Dubourg High School
- Central Visual and Performing Arts
- Christian High School
- Cor Jesu Academy
- DeSmet Jesuit High School
- Duchesne High School
- Eureka High School
- Fort Zumwalt North High School
- Fort Zumwalt West High School
- Fort Zumwalt South High School
- Francis Howell Central High School
- Francis Howell High School
- Francis Howell North High School
- Francis Howell Union High School
- Gateway Institute of Technology
- Hazelwood Central High School
- Hazelwood East High School
- Hazelwood West High School
- Holt High School
- John F. Kennedy High School
- Lafayette High School
- Marquette High School
- McCluer South-Berkeley
- McKinley CJA Middle School
- Metro High School
- Normandy High School
- O' Fallon Township High School
- Parkway North High School
- Parkway South High School
- Parkway West High School
- South Tech High School
- St. Dominic High School
- St. Louis Priory High School
- Summit High School
- Timberland High School
- Ursuline Academy
- Visitation Academy High School
- Washington High School