The winning team – dubbed ‘Combat Wombats’ – was one of two teams from Freshford Church School in Bath that made it to the National Final. The Combat Wombats team was comprised of 10 boys and girls aged 9-10 years old.
The Wombats were crowned champions at the competition final, which was held in Harrogate on Saturday 26 February, and will now have the opportunity to represent England on the global stage at the First World Festival in Houston, US, in April.
The science and technology challenge, which is aimed at 9-16-year-olds, tasks teams to build a robot to tackle a series of missions and create an innovative solution to a real-world problem. This year’s competition was called ‘Cargo Connect’ and is designed to explore how cargo is transported to different destinations around the world.
Teams were tasked with designing a solution to making transporting cargo more efficient, while also hopefully having lots of fun in the process.
The team's winning solution...