World Robot Olympiad in Russia

22 ноября 2014

World Robot Olympiad in Russia

22 ноября 2014

From November 21 to 23, 2014, Days of Robotics were held in Sochi, the main part of which was the World Robot Olympiad. This event brought together children and young people from all corners of the world. The age of participants is from 7 to 19. It is the first time that Russia has hosted the World Robot Olympiad.

Teams from 47 countries and 3,000 children took part in the competition. Russia was represented by the winners of the national stage of the WRO, which was organized by Innopolis University earlier this year in Kazan. During three days, the Russian national team, made up of 44 teams from 13 regions of the country, competed with the strongest teams for the right to be called the best. In total, Russian teams won 5 medals in the following categories: GEN II Football, open category for senior high school age group, open category for elementary school age group and regular category for elementary school age group. So, by the number of medals in the unofficial team classification, the Russian national team took second place, having lost to Thailand. Sergey Masyagin, IU’s Vice-Provost for Pre-University Education, was a moderator at the Symposium of the Word Robot Olympiad. Within the framework of the Section, representatives of Russia, Japan and Egypt told about their experience of promoting robotics among high school and university students. During the round table discussion at the WRO2014, Sergey also talked about the best practices and technologies in educational robotics. Alexey Volin, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Media, was a moderator of the WRO2014 Discussion Club. The participants of the club discussed issues related to covering scientific life in the mass media. Sofia Chernogortseva, IU’s Director for Business Development, spoke about rather successful communication between Innopolis University and the mass media. The participants of the discussion agreed that it is necessary to promote science among a broader audience