Last year Brampton robotics team the KraftWerx Gladiators clinched a win at the VEX Robotics World Championship. This year another team of Brampton students heads to the championships in Louisville, Kentucky to compete.

At the 2017 competition, the Gladiators won the VEX IQ Challenge Middle School World Championships, beating out thousands of other students. This year the KraftWerx team The Aviators will compete in the VRC high school division.

The VEX robotics competition will bring together more than 25,000 students and over 1,600 teams from 40 different countries to compete. The competition encourages students to challenge themselves in the fields of science tech, engineering and Math (STEM) through fun hands-on learning and critical thinking.

“Every year, we design a different engineering challenge that students play in the form of a game,” says Grant Cox, Global Competition Manager for VEX Robotics. “The participating student teams must design and program their own robots in hopes of winning the challenge. Competitive robotics is a really exciting way for kids to learn how to collaborate and solve problems through designing and programming. VEX Robotics and VEX IQ students begin with a hobby and end up with critical learning skills that will benefit and shape their future education, teamwork skills, and career paths.” The VEX Robotics World Championship takes place in Louisville, Kentucky from April 25 to 28. Feature Image – 2017 Championship winners the Gladiators

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