A trio of teams from Dunwoody, Georgia, recently qualified to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championship robotics competition, according to the Dunwoody Crier newspaper.

The teams – 1264A, 1264B and 1264C, according to the report – advanced after participating in a VEX Robotics competition at Dunwoody High School on February 19. They are the only teams from the metro-Atlanta area to secure a place in the world championship competition, set to take place in April.

“We start every year with a goal of sending all three teams to worlds. And we all work as a team to do it," Dunwoody High robotics faculty advisor, Mark Crenshaw, told the newspaper.

Now the teams will head back to the lab to work out any kinks and make necessary improvements ahead of the next robotics competition.

Robotics competitions are currently taking place across the country and involve eager students in elementary school through college. In Texas, students are gearing up for the Get Excited About Robotics event, which will be held at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The event is the nation's largest regional competition for elementary and middle school students.

Event organizers for a robotics competition hosted by Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, say they are encouraged by the strong early registration response they have received, according to the Hartford Courant.

The event, which will take place on April 8 and 9, will be the 18th annual installment of Trinity's robotics competition.

David Ahlgren, a professor of engineering, and the contest's longtime director, told the Courant he expects 120 teams from at least six nations to participate in the competition. Trinity alone will contribute 10 teams.

The popular RobotWaiter event will be among the weekend's festivities, according to the report. Robots must retrieve a dish from a refrigerator and carry it to a person with disabilities sitting at a table in a miniature-sized room. The Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities is a lead sponsor of the competition.

An expert division will be new to the event this year, according to the Courant. Competitors in the division will partake in a Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest.

Juniors, high school, seniors and walking will also be among the competitive divisions at the competition. All events are slated to be hosted at the Oosting Gymnasium on the Trinity campus.