A total of 11 teams will represent Viet Nam at the World Robot OlympiadTM (WRO) 2017 along with participants from 60 other countries at the event, to be held in Costa Rica from 10-12 November.

The announcement was recently made at the Le Hong Phong Senior High School in HCM City’s District 5.

The outstanding Vietnamese teams include 4 winning teams in 4 categories who participated in the annual Robotacon 2017 competition in late August.

Launched in 2004, WRO aims to bring together young people from around the world to develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in challenging and educational robot contests.

Under the theme ‘Sustainobots: Robots for Sustainability’, participating teams need to design, build and programme a robot model capable of performing a challenge or demonstrate a solution to a real-life problem.

The WRO offers challenge to teams of 2-or-3 of different ages, from aged 6 to 25.

It has 4 competition categories, including Regular Category, Open Category, WRO Football, and Advanced Robotics Challenge.

Mr Nguyen Van Hieu, the Deputy Director of the city’s Department of Education And Training, praised the teams’ achievements and wished them good luck at the international competition this year.

At the event, the teams showed their robot performances and benefits to the community.

Of them, a robot helped balance carbon dioxide levels in industrial areas for more environmentally friendly energy sources.

Another robot can promote sustainable tourism and help scientists and visitors explore the wonders of nature without harming it.

Last year, Viet Nam broke through the worldwide competition to finish in 3^rd place in the Elementary Challenge category.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)