Whizz kids’ robots face off in epic battle at CIT

Robot wars clicked, blinked, and whirred into the lives of 500 Cork schoolchildren this week, their months of hard work culminating in 19 of their specially-created robots doing battle on the grounds of Cork Institute of Technology.

All were vying for pole position at the VEX IQ Championships, not to mention a coveted spot in the Robotics World Championship being held in the US this April.

Over the past number of months, primary pupils from 18 different schools were separated into teams and paired with mentors from EMC, a leading global IT company, who helped them with the design, building, programming, and testing phases of their robots.