Team 1140Z, a community team of middle school students from various schools in Brampton, was crowned champions and also ranked fourth in the skills rankings at the Vex IQ World Champions from April 29 to May 1.

The largest robotics international competition was held in Louisville, Kentucky.

In teamwork division finals along with their teamwork partner, Team 1140Z from Brampton Robotics and Team 12580F from China made the world's highest score of 417 points in the game challenge "Ringmaster."

These two teams had amazing robots that could pick up the rings and sort them by colours and score them to the vertical and horizontal posts. The event was acknowledged as the largest robotics event by the Guinness Book of World records.

There were 400 teams in the middle school category from more than 40 countries. There were more than 11 teams from Ontario that competed in ES and MS categories. Canada is one of the strong contenders at the Vex Robotics World championship and teams from the city of Brampton are always strong in the Vex IQ category.

This is the third year in a row that youth from Brampton have brought home the championship title and second time for the members of Brampton Robotics organization to bring home the Vex IQ World Championship. Brampton Robotics won first place in 2016, second place in 2017 and again first in 2018.

Brampton Robotics is a community-based nonprofit organization that has inspired youth in the field of STEM and Vex Robotics competition. Brampton Robotics has been hosting a "Girl-Powered" event for the last two years at the local library to inspire girls into the STEM.

Members of the team are Montaj Singh, Siddhant Kharat, Abhyuday Saxena, Divij Batish, Dhruv Taneja, Karan Sharma, Dasnoor Saini and Harjaap Khela. The team is coached by Pankaj Saxena.

Though these students are from different Peel schools, they share a common passion for the STEM.

With many awards throughout the season for Team 1140Z and being Ontario provincial champion, this year is the most successful for the team. It was always in the top 10 world rankings throughout the season.