Meet the Cork teens hoping to win the Robotics World Championship in Texas

Sarah Horgan meets some young roboticists ready to take on the world
Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 - 00:56
Sarah Horgan

At a time when most summer jobs entail pulling pints or serving 99s, schoolboy Cillian O’Toole is making parts for bomb disposal robots.

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