

Odyssey of the Mind is in 30 countries. Over 15,000 teams compete each year. This is the story of one of them.
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Six California kids test their brains and talents against students in Odyssey of the Mind, a problem-solving competition requiring mechanical, creative and intellectual skills. With little money and zero adult participation, the teens build a robot to tell a story about bullying, exclusion and mental health. But how does their solution measure up?

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