Afghan robotics team impresses Brooklyn pols
The girls on the Afghan robotics team who competed in a recent international competition in Washington, D.C. are an inspiration to young women everywhere, according to U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, who met with the young competitors after the contest.
The Afghan team was among squads from around the world competing in the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge, an international robotics competition.
The teams had build robots and came to the competition to demonstrate the abilities of their robots.
The Afghan girls almost didn’t make it to the competition. Their visa applications were denied twice. But after President Donald Trump intervened, the girls were allowed entry into the U.S., The New York Times reported.