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Robotics team visits local Elementary school to show off their skills
PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) – Three teams from local schools in southern West Virginia visited the VEX Robotics World Championship to showcase their skills a few weeks ago.
Straley Elementary, Montcalm High School and Mercer County all returned from the Championship with new knowledge about what to expect next year! There were teams from around 55 countries at the World Championship in Dallas Texas. Some teams did not speak English well, so they used translator apps to communicate.
3 Mercer County Robotics teams headed to world championship in Dallas
'It is really hard to figure out like what to do if you have to, like, pre-planned with the team. But I personally, we went to go talk to the team and practiced with them, so we did it all. But like it's hard to do it when you have practiced with them for the entire year.'
The Mercer and Straley Teams visited Princeton Primary to show the younger students what they have to expect if they want to join next year.
Communication is key when joining either team. I asked what Team Electro Storm's favorite part about the competition was.
'Probably meeting different people and playing with them because I saw. We saw a lot of different bots.'
Next year, the teams say they are ready to bring home the Championship cup back to West Virginia.
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