A group of STEM-oriented students who were planning to go to a robotics world championship competition for the third year in a row will not have that opportunity.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sherburne County robotics team, “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back,” isn’t traveling to Detroit to participate in the FIRST Robotics World Championships, which were scheduled from April 28 to May 2. FIRST Robotics president Larry Cohen announced on March 12 that the 2020 World Championships in Detroit was canceled.
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