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Tregaskiss sponsors winning FIRST Robotics team headed to world competition

Windsor, Ont.-based Tregaskiss, a manufacturer of robotic GMAW guns, peripherals, and consumables, partnered with Vincent Massey Secondary School of Windsor, Ont., to sponsor its robotics team for the Windsor-Essex Great Lakes Regional FIRST® Robotics tournament on April 2-3, 2015. The event comprised more than 1,000 students on 48 teams.

The Vincent Massey Robotics Team qualified for the finals, advancing the 40 high school students to the FIRST Robotics World Championship in St. Louis on April 22, where Tregaskiss will also offer its sponsorship support.

The tournament featured robots competing to stack totes and recycling bins and maneuver pool noodles. Students spent six weeks building their robot and coding it for the task. The team is broken into four divisions—mechanical, electrical, business/media, and programming—allowing students to focus their strengths on executing the task.