Hollywood producers take note: this is your next “scrappy underdogs make good” story and it involves a team of teenage refugees and their robot.

These are the members of the “Hope for Syria” robotics team, based out of Beirut, Lebanon. The programming class that the students took part in is part of a project run by Lebanon-based NGO Multi-Aid Programs (MAPs) known as the Continuing Education and Community Service program.

And even though they’d never done it before, their robot — dubbed “Robogee,” as in “robot refugee” — worked pretty darn well.

The team took Robogee out for a spin in March at thequalifying showdown at the American University in Beirut, taking on 13 other high school teams from across the country.

Not only did Robogee exceed expectations, Hope for Syria won out, winning the team a spot in the VEX Worlds competition, taking place next week in Louisville, KY. They’ll be competing against students from countries like Russia, Egypt, China and the U.S.

With that three of the students — Abdul Rahman, 16, Ahmjad, 17, and Mulham, 18 — were on their way to the U.S. to compete, along with their coach and mentor.

And compete they did! They didn’t win but the team “succeeded in delivering a message of peace by participating in this competition,” MAPS said in a statement provided to BuzzFeed News. “Also, a message to all refugees that they can make a difference in spite of all hardships and difficulties”

And they didn’t walk away empty-handed! Hope of Syria took home the “Award of Judges” thanks to their passion and spirit, MAPS said.