The FIRST Robotics World Championships are being held in Houston this week, with nine local teams traveling to Texas to compete.
Jeremiah Jeffries coaches robotics driver, Julio Flores, 17, in some maintenance on the Lincoln High School team's 125-pound robot in Houston, Texas, April 17, 2024.. The international competition and celebration of STEM and innovation runs through Saturday at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.
"This is cool and we are so grateful," said Julio Flores, 17, the senior who drives the Lincoln robot during the competition. The team struggled this season with a battery that disconnected during a match, killing their robot's power. They also squeaked by in their last regional competition when they were included in a winning alliance that qualified them for the world championship. The unexpected win forced them to do last-minute fundraising for the trip to Texas.
"That's quite the accomplishment," said Omar Elassaad, 18, the Patrick Henry team design director and a graduating senior."I really do feel like the bond that we had while building this robot helped us. Together, we created a fail-proof machine. If a mechanism breaks, allow us to still play the game," he said.
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