Three local middle schoolers qualify for robotics world championships
Courtesy of Nathan Sandland
Ben Sandland, from left, Aaron Kang and Philip Oberhart recently qualified for the VEX IQ Robotics world championships.
Three local boys recently participated in the middle school VEX IQ Robotics competition in Dublin and emerged victorious, earning a Create Award at the state championships and a ticket to the world championships.
“So when we qualified for states, I was just really proud, and I was quite surprised that our team was able to beat most of the other teams in California because we had only come together for about a few months, and this was our first time doing VEX,” team member Philip Oberhart said of the March event.