WRO El Salvador 2024!

Last Saturday the  2024 Salvadoran National Robotics Olympiad, part of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO), took place at the Academia Británica Cuscatleca. The theme for this year was Earth Allies.

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This event was the largest WRO competition El Salvador has seen, featuring over 100 teams of students from various schools nationwide. Events like WRO empower students to showcase their creativity, innovation, teamwork, and technical skills.  Students who took part showcased their solutions to local and global issues through robot construction, programming design, and scientific proposals, demonstrating the potential of Salvadoran youth in STEM fields.

The competition was divided into three main categories: Robo Mission, Future Innovators, and Future Engineers and further subcategories based on age. 

Seven teams emerge victorious, earning the right to represent El Salvador in the WRO international finals in Turkey. Of these two are ABC Robotics teams. Please refer to the images below. 

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Please go to our Flickr Album to view more images of the day.

 

El Equipo de Robótica de la ABC Triunfa en la Olimpiada Nacional de Robótica WRO

Fecha: 12 de septiembre de 2023

¡Tenemos noticias emocionantes sobre el increíble desempeño de nuestros equipos de robótica de la ABC en la reciente Olimpiada Nacional de Robótica de la WRO! El evento, que se llevó a cabo el 26 de agosto pasado, fue una verdadera exhibición de ingenio, creatividad y habilidades técnicas. Nuestros ocho equipos demostraron su dedicación y excelencia, y estamos orgullosos de sus logros sobresalientes.

RoboMission Senior: Primer y Segundo Lugar

Dos de nuestros equipos se destacaron en la categoría de RoboMission en el grupo de edad Senior (15 a 19 años), logrando un impresionante primer y segundo lugar. Este logro es un testimonio de su arduo trabajo y dedicación en la creación de robots capaces de enfrentar desafíos en un entorno de misión. ¡Felicitaciones a estos equipos por su brillante desempeño!

Future Innovators: Segundo y Tercer Lugar

La competencia Future Innovators dió la oportunidad a nuestros equipos para que pusieran a prueba la creatividad y la capacidad de resolución de problemas de nuestros estudiantes. Dos de nuestros equipos se llevaron a casa el segundo y tercer lugar en esta categoría, demostrando su habilidad para imaginar el futuro de la robótica y la tecnología.

Future Engineers: Tercer Lugar

Nuestro éxito no se detiene aquí. Otro de nuestros equipos se destacó en la categoría de Future Engineers, relacionada con los vehículos autónomos, obteniendo el tercer lugar. Este logro muestra su compromiso con la ingeniería y la innovación tecnológica.

Rumbo a la Final Internacional en Panamá

Uno de los aspectos más emocionantes de esta victoria es que nuestro equipo de Seniors que obtuvo el primer lugar en RoboMission avanzará a la Final Internacional en Panamá, por segunda vez consecutiva, pues nos representaron también en Alemania el año pasado. Esto es un logro extraordinario y una oportunidad única para que nuestros estudiantes representen a la ABC a nivel mundial.

Queremos felicitar a todos los estudiantes y coaches que hicieron posible este éxito. Su dedicación y pasión por la robótica son inspiradoras y nos llena de orgullo. También agradecemos a todos los que apoyaron a nuestros equipos durante todo el proceso.

Estamos emocionados por lo que el futuro tiene reservado para nuestros talentosos equipos de robótica de la ABC. Con su determinación y habilidades, no hay límites para lo que pueden lograr. ¡Estén atentos para obtener más actualizaciones sobre su viaje hacia la competencia internacional en Panamá!

¡Felicitaciones de nuevo a todos los involucrados en esta emocionante hazaña! 

WRO El Salvador 2023 launch event

The representatives of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) El Salvador, with the help of Academia Británica Cuscatleca and Highlands International School, launched last Thursday, April 20th, the 2023 National Robotics Competition under the theme "Connecting the World". The launch took place in the ABC Learning Resources Centre. The event's objective is to promote the interest and talent of young Salvadorans in the field of educational robotics, as well as encourage the development of creative, collaborative scientific,  and technological skills.

According to the WRO website: 

"The WRO® theme for 2023 is Connecting the World. [...] Teams will learn about shipping logistics and about the infrastructure for our digital technology. They will investigate how robots can help both shipping and digital technology infrastructure to be more safe, more sustainable and more efficient"

 

El Salvador's National Robotics Competition 2023 will take place at Highlands International School San Salvador on August 29, and will encourage the participation of teams of different educational levels, which will compete in 3 different age groups and 4 categories as follows.

Age groups:

Elementary (8 -12 years old)
Junior (11 - 15 years old)
Senior (14 - 19 years old)

Categories:

• Future Engineers: Build an autonomous vehicle capable of traversing a game map in the shortest possible time while avoiding and following the directions of all obstacles. Participants may use any materials, software, and hardware platforms, as long as the solution is not a commercial product designed for that specific task. 
• Future Innovators: Identify a project and develop a robotic solution for it that could help promote automation and/or encourage global connectivity. As with  Future Engineers, participants may use any materials, software, and hardware platforms, as long as the solution is not a commercial product designed for that specific task. Older participants will be asked to create a business plan to mass produce the robotic solution.  
• Robo Mission: Design and build a LEGO®-based* autonomous robot to complete tasks on a given map as quickly as possible. Participants will bring their own parts completely disassembled to build, test, and complete the tasks on the day of the competition. 
• Robo Sports: Play double tennis with two LEGO®-based* autonomous robots against another team. This category follows a tournament format to select the winner.

* Only official LEGO pieces are allowed. 

The winners of each category and age group may be eligible to participate in the WRO International Final 2023 in Panama in November. 

This fun and educational experience is open to all students aged 8-19. Students can join teams of two or three participants by filling out this form. For more details, follow "WRO El Salvador" on social networks or contact the LRC.

World Robot Olympiad, El Salvador

Our robotics club achieved a significant milestone this past weekend: Two teams classified for the World Robot Olympiad Finals in Dortmund, Germany!

Six ABC Robotics teams took part in the WRO El Salvador competition, in the following categories:

The Robomission category, a Lego-based challenge, required participants to build robots to complete missions on a map. The teams were divided into three age groups each with different maps and challenges, namely: Elementary (8 - 12 years old), Junior (11-15 years old) an Senior (14 - 19 years old).

The ABC participated with 2 teams in the Junior age group: 

• Don Kamaron Technologies (Eduardo Urrutia, José Santiago Casanovas, Ricardo Baires)

• ABC EVO (Moisés Mejía, Mateo Guzmán, Daniel Chévez). 

In the senior age group we participated with  3 teams: 

• Los Cuidadores (André Mejía, Néstor Cáceres, Enrique López), 

• ABC Robotics Club (Marcos Narváez, Juan Andrés Miguel, Arturo Sánchez), 

• 24 Tech (Christian Vásquez, Rafael Menéndez, Diego Arévalo)

The Future Innovators category allowed participants to choose from a range of technologies to design and build a robotic solution. They chose a subcategory from Robots in rescue missions, Robots in Healthcare and Robots at Home.

The ABC Bulldogs Team (Elena Atanacio and Jeanette Mejía) competed in this category under the elementary age group (8 - 12 year old), in the Robots at Home subcategory.

  

ABC Came Out on Top!

• The ABC Robotics Club team won first place in the Robomission - Senior category. 

• The ABC Bulldogs team won first place in the Future Innovators - Robots at home category. 

Both teams qualified for the WRO Finals in Dortmund, Germany, as national champions in their categories. The Finals will take place from the 14th to the 19th of November 2022.

• The ABC Don Kamaron Technologies team also won second place in the Robomission Junior category wrapping up an astonishing performance from all the teams. 

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The link to the WRO 2022 Finals website is here.

The World Robot Olympiad association was founded in 2004 with one mission in mind:  

“To bring together young people all over the world to develop their creativity, design and problem-solving skills through challenging and educational robot competitions and activities” (WRO). They decided that each member would host a national competition and the winners would attend the annual WRO® international final hosted by a different country each year.

This year, WRO® El Salvador in collaboration with Colegio Highlands hosted the national event, with the theme "My Robot My Friend", outlining that "the combination of robotics and artificial intelligence can change the world and especially the environment of humans. The season challenges are connected to the ways that robots can help humans. How can we make robot-human interaction helpful and safe?" (WRO).

Congratulations to all participants, who offered their best effort and made all this possible in a very short time.