India Shining at World Robot Olympiad 2010
Online, November 11, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Indian school children made their presence felt at the recently concluded World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2010 at Manila, Philippines with an unprecedented tally of three awards. The winning teams were part of six team Indian delegation who were winners at Indian Robot Olympiad(IRO) 2010 organized by Techtronics Education in New Delhi and Bangalore.
More than 1,200 contestants from 22 countries joined the 2010 World Robot Olympiad. Galaxy Education, Rajkot and Amity International School, Noida won the "Award of Excellence" - Bronze Medal and fourth position respectively in Regular category of Senior High age group while CT Workshop, Mumbai won the "Best Technical Design Award" in Open category of Junior High age group.
Expressing his elation at the feat achieved by the Indian teams, Sudhanshu Sharma, MD Techtronics Education (India) Limited said, "Since the time we organized the first Indian Robot Olympiad in 2006, our aim has been to promote 'learning by doing' in imparting robotics activity based learning to children. Today this excellent performance at the world stage is testimonial to the fact that robotics in education can make our students at par with international standards"
Long time Lego enthusiast and Chief Judge - IRO 2010, Mr. Apurva Kalia said, "While judging the students at IRO both in New Delhi and Bangalore, I was convinced that the Indian participants will surpass all expectations at WRO. Even those who were not able make to the top six selected schools to represent India at the WRO had some ingenious robotics to showcase. Over the last five years I have seen the level of enthusiasm and expertise of students using Robotics in Education increase many folds and they are closing in on international standards at a rapid pace"
The Competition
In this year's competition, participants were pitted against each other with their respective robots competing in playing traditional Filipino games. Two categories were presented to be performed by participants from junior and senior high school: one technical and another which leaves more room for creativity. In the junior high school category, competing robots played "Tumbang Preso." Tumbang Preso is an outdoor game where the players' goal is to hit a container being guarded by a prisoner and recover it before the guard captures them. In the game, the robot was required to trace the tracked line from the starting point, cross a timed gate, knock down a bottle, secure and bring along a bottle to the finish line. In the senior high school category, students were asked to rig their robots to play "Palo Sebo." Palo Sebo is a game usually played in the Philippines during a town fiesta where the children climb a greased bamboo pole to get the flag at the end of every pole. At the WRO, the robot is tasked to climb two poles and obtain a ball at the end of each pole.
The Olympiad is a global robotics competition where young people are pitted against each other on their robotic skills using Lego Robotics. Theme for this year was "Robotics Promote Tourism."
About Techtronics Education
Learning by Doing - is the mantra behind Techtronics Education. Started in 2006, Techtronics Education has tied up with world's leading learning solutions provider and manufacturer of products for hands-on, activity based learning - LEGO Education - as their exclusive partner and distributor in India.
Inspired by the "National Curriculum Framework" of NCERT, Techtronics Education has been unwavering in their efforts to give a wholesome activity based education to the students of classes 3rd to 12th, and prepare them for exciting careers in science and technology. Techtronics helps schools in setting up and running robotics activity clubs and teacher training programs all across India.
About LEGO
The LEGO Group is a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family who founded it in 1932.
The LEGO Group is engaged in the development of children creativity through playing and learning. Based on the world-famous LEGO brick, the company today provides toys, experiences and teaching materials for children in more than 130 countries. The LEGO Group has approximately 8,000 employees, and it is the world's fifth largest manufacturer of play materials.
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