Eight Cork pupils set for world finals of prestigious robotics competition

Eight Cork City schoolboys fly out to Kentucky this weekend to pit their skills and technological know-how against students from China, Australia and the USA in the world finals of a prestigious robotics competition.

Over 560 teams are competing.

Not only did the students, part of an overall team of 12 young techies from Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, excel in the Dell EMC VEX EDR National Finals in CIT, they also raised more than €13,000 to pay their way to the US.