Widener University Robotics Team Wins Big, Headed to World Competition

The Widener University Robotics Team hosted a VEX U Robotics competition on January 17-19. The event welcomed collegiate robotics teams from Rutgers University, College of Southern Maryland, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to compete against one another to qualify for a seat at the coveted VEX U Robotics World Tournament. Widener's team placed first in the competition and received the prestigious Excellence Award.

The win was the second consecutive victory for the team after previously securing a spot to this year's Robotics World Tournament at an earlier competition hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The team will move on to compete against 1,200 of the best student-led teams from around the world to earn the title of robotics world champion this April in Louisville, Kentucky.