Cimarron-Memorial High School's robotics team is headed to the world championship after taking home the top prize in the Las Vegas Regional Robotics Competition.

Forty two teams from around the country spent the last six weeks designing and building robots with identical parts and software. Over the weekend, the teams went head to head with each other trying to see who could lift up a large ball and placing it on a platform.

“Basically we try to keep a level head no matter when we win or when we lose, it's really about building the robot and trying to do your best as opposed to always winning. There's a lot of other aspects to robotics than just winning,” said Ryan Wamble, drive and mechanic for Cimarron High School Robotics team.

Cimarron also took home the Chairman's Award. That's the highest honor given to a team. The world championship takes place next month in Atlanta.

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