4th ORT Robotics Olympiad

April 21, 2013 in Kiev the 4th International Olympiad in Robotics for teams of ORT network schools and partner schools in CIS countries, Baltic States and Bulgaria has been started. 12 teams from six countries came to the Olympiad to compete in six types of competitions.. Among them the first  time the teams from Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria are participating.

Teams were getting acquainted with each other, preparing equipment for competitions, visited All-Ukrainian Olympiad in Robotics (which took place in Kiev's Sports Palace) and had a city tour, conducted by the Kiev Lyceum teacher Irina Friedman.
On April 23 the opening ceremony of the Olympiad was held. Participants were welcomed by the Kiev Lyceum Principal Yuri Kinkov and special guests. Audience was pleased with the performance of all students of the Lyceum, especially the "robot dance".

For school teams there were three kinds of competition organized: "Triathlon", "Tug of War" and the creative contest "Robots in Science." During the Olympiads within the seminar teachers will be able to share their experience in teaching Robotics.