OATS Robotics — We're Going to Worlds! 🤖

🤖 We're Going to WORLDS — Help Us Get There!

The workshops at Ōtūmoetai College have been buzzing this season — and it paid off. After months of Saturday morning build sessions, scrimmages, and late nights refining our code, OATS Robotics earned 2nd place at the 2026 VEX Robotics National Championship!

🏆 Who We Are

The Mecha Squad team — Indie Minshall, Rosa Sharp, Tom Van de Pol — secured silver at Nationals. We are fiercely proud of what they've achieved, and we want to give them — and the wider club — the chance to show the world what New Zealand students can do. Indie, William Hofsteede and Finn Montgomery are taking Mecha Squad 2941H to Saint Louis. Read all about us on https://2941h.github.io/.

📍 The Competition

The VEX Robotics World Championship is at America's Center, St. Louis, 21–24 April 2026. Over 2,400 teams from 60+ countries compete — the world's largest robotics competition, recognised three times by Guinness World Records.

💰 Why We Need Your Help

Getting a team from Tauranga to St. Louis is expensive. With rising prices it is going to cost over $30,000 but we want to get them there. Every dollar brings these students one step closer to the world stage.

🎓 Why It Matters

Beyond the competition, students gain global connections, university scholarship opportunities, and life experience that sets them apart in university admissions and STEM careers.

Please donate and share — every dollar counts!

Ngā mihi nui

🙏 — OATS Robotics, Ōtūmoetai College, Tauranga