The Coláiste an Chraoibhín Fermoy Robotics Challenge team, l-r: James Cullinane, Evelyn Flynn, Eoghan O'Sullivan and Sam Dunning who have advanced to the national finals of the VEX Robotics Challenge, which will be held in CIT, Cork on February 12.

Students from Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy, have advanced to the national finals of the VEX Robotics Challenge, which will be held in CIT, Cork on February 12.

The VEX Robotics Challenge is a global competition, where students design, build and programme robots to compete against each other. 

Coláiste an Chraoibhín became involved in the competition this year, having secured sponsorship from Dell which meant that the students received their own robotic kit. 

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