Burke All-Girls Robotics Team To Compete In World Competition

BURKE, VA—An all-girls robotics team from Burke is headed to a worldwide competition. The team of four girls called Fusion Four will compete in the First Lego League Worlds Competition on April 24-27 in Detroit.

The team is made up of Ema Hrabak, Minah Sisco and Reira Erickson of Lake Braddock Secondary School and Devon Rudolph of Robinson Secondary School, WTOP reported. The four girls went to White Oaks Elementary together and became friends in fourth grade.

The idea for an all-girls team originated after Sisco and Erickson joined their robotics team as the only girls. The girls team of seven called Redonkulous Robots ultimately morphed into the Fusion Four, according to the team's website.

The Fusion Four got to the world competition after winning the state championship for Division I in Virginia and DC. This is the first time they made it to the worlds after competing in the First Lego League for the previous three years.

The First Lego League challenges teams to solve a real-world problem by building, testing, and programming a robot with Lego technology. Tens of thousands of students from around the world will head to Detroit for the world competition.

Fusion Four are raising money on GoFundMe to attend the competition. Funds will directly support the team's registration, hotel and transformation costs.

"Our goal has always been to include more people, but especially girls, in robotics, and we hope our story inspires others!" states the team's GoFundMe page.

To learn more about the team, visit www.fusion-four.com.

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