Dhaka, June 2 -- A team of young robotics from Bangladesh secured the 3rd Place Trophy in the Senior BottleSumo category of the Robofest World Championship 2026 held in the United States.

Robofest is an international robotics competition hosted by Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, where students design, build, and programme autonomous robots to compete in different challenge-based categories.

The 27th Robofest World Championship was held on May 14-16, bringing together talented student teams from different parts of the world, according to a press release.

Representing Bangladesh, the team achieved an outstanding milestone by winning the 3rd Place Trophy in the Senior BottleSumo category.

A total of seven students were par...