STEM Students Lead Team UK to Third Place in ‘Robotics Olympics’

A team of UK students has been hailed for ‘exceeding expectations’ after finishing third in the FIRST Global Challenge in Mexico – a STEM-inspired international robotics competition.

The impressive talents of the team – six high school students selected by FIRST Tech Challenge UK & Ireland – came to the fore during three days of competition over August 16-18, which featured teams from more than 165 nations – including 11 all-female teams.

Team UK’s Omar Ben-Gacem, Patrick Jordan, Ashleigh Rudesill, Zarina Choudhari-Stewart, Mackensie Kim and Dom Alberts all demonstrated they are engineers of the future after designing and programming their own robot, using a standard kit used by all teams, to carry out a series of challenges in the finals.

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