Irish students compete in global robotics contest with system to aid older people

The team of students from Confey College are (back row) Shivam Gupta, Smrithi Santosh, Sophia Shah, Joel Joseph Rajesh (middle row) Mary Selkirk, Pawel Zielinski, Eoghan Craven Grace (front row) Aaron Dunne, Kushal Jadar, Ryan Lacey and Neha Maria Abey. Not pictured are Anna Mei Kinsella and Sean Coniendo.

A group of nine secondary school students is set to represent Ireland on the world stage at a robotics competition.

The group from Confey College Leixlip in Co Kildare are through to the final stages of the FIRST Robotics Challenge and will be up against teams from over 175 other countries.