The Bangladesh team, that participated directly for the first time in the World Robot Olympiad 2022 which is one of the most prestigious robotics competitions held in Germany, was welcomed with flowers. Today they were felicitated in a reception organized at the Daffodil Education Network Building in the capital’s 71 auditorium and were also handed over certificates of World Robot Olympiad.
In the Future Engineers category of this international competition, Team Lazy-Go won the bronze medal by securing the third position. On the other hand, in the Future Innovators category, Robinium Bangladesh secured the eighth position. About 1,300 competitors from 375 teams from 73 countries around the world participated in this international competition. In the three-day 24th edition of the Olympiad held in Dortmund, Germany, a total of four contestants from two teams of the country took part in the Olympiad.
Team Lazy-go, consisting of Tausif Samin from Islamic University of Technology and Iqbal Samin Prithul from Bangladesh University of Professionals, bagged the bronze medal in the Future Engineers category at World Robot Olympiad 2022.
Another team from Bangladesh, Team Robonium, achieved the eighth position in the Future Innovators category. This team included Israfil Shaheen Arannya from Cantonment Public School and College, Rangpur and Mir Muhammad Abidul Haq Ahnaf.
The World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is an annual international robotics competition held in more than 85 nations across the world. This tournament, hosted by the nonprofit organisation World Robot Olympiad Association (WROA), is split into four categories for students aged between 8 to 19 years. It intends to help young people develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way.
The Future Engineers event brings current research challenges into schools and teaches students an engineering workflow by solving real-world-problems. Teams were allowed to use any robot, controller, and materials that are in line with the regulations. The game changes every 3 or 4 years and the present game is based on the idea of autonomous driving.
The challenge is to build a robot with a steering drive that can drive around a track autonomously. Each year, little changes are introduced to motivate the students to keep on developing and updating their robots.
This year, two teams from Bangladesh participated in the global competition. Team Lazy-go, who won bronze in the Future Engineers category, ended up with a score of 73 and recorded the best lap time in the first round.
Team Robonium, on the other hand, achieved the eighth position in the Future Innovators category. They participated in a project-based competition where students were asked to create their own intelligent robotics solution relating to the theme. The teams then presented their project and robot model in front of the judge panel on the competition day, where they were judged on the basis of their robotics-related solution and on several aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship.
This is the first time team Bangladesh physically participated in this Olympiad, creating history with a brilliant debut performance. The event, held in Germany, witnessed the participation of more than 400 teams from 70 countries. The Olympiad will be hosted by Panama next year.
