Mount St. Joseph Academy’s robotics team, the Firebirds, will host the third annual GirlPOWER (Preparing Outstanding Women Engineers through Robotics) robotics competition and exhibition Saturday, Oct. 6 at the academy’s gymnasium, 120 West Wissahickon Avenue in Flourtown.

Girls and boys of all ages are invited to watch the area’s only all-female FRC robotics competition, see a Lego League robotics demonstration, drive a robot and enjoy food and music.

Doors open at 8 a.m., demonstrations and competitions take place all day and the championship competition begins at 3 p.m.

Admission is free. The competition is sponsored by First Robotics.