Championship bound: Vicksburg robotics team wins Inspiration Award, advances to world championship

Published 7:35 pm Saturday, April 13, 2024

FRC Team 456 Siege Robotics has won the Engineering Inspiration Award at the Bayou Regional in early April and will now advance to the World Championship Competition in Houston.

Competing with 3,300 teams worldwide at the Bayou Regional Competition, the First Robotics Competition Team 456 was one of 70 teams to win the Engineering Inspiration Award from NASA. The team’s win advances them to the World Championship Competition Saturday, April 20.

Team organizers said a GoFundMe page has been created in order to help cover the cost of travel and competition.

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Anyone interested in donating may do so by visiting https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-get-456-to-world-championships.