Robotics competition

AUSTINTOWN

The Austintown Fitch robotics team Falco Tech is headed to the World Championships.

The team competed March 14-16 at the Finger Lakes Regional in Rochester, N.Y., with 48 teams from five states and teams from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and China. Falco Tech won the prestigious Engineering Inspiration Award, which celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering.

Winning this award allows the team to compete at the FIRST FRC World Championships on April 24-27 at the Cobo Center in Detroit. This is Falco Techs’ 10th year with first place.

The team’s next competition will be against 58 teams from five states at the Buckeye Regional on March 28-30 at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University.