31/03 2011
International Olympiad in Robotics
| March 30, 2011, results of the third international competition in robotics among school network of ORT, which was held in Dnepropetrovsk in the period from 27 to 30 March 2011 on the basis of school ¹ 144 and Dnepropetrovsk center ORT, were summed up. From ORT side ORT Russia Director Sergey Gorinskiy greeted the guests and participants. On the first day of competition a separate creative competition, for that children should prepare in advance under the guidance of their teachers, traditionally held. This year's theme of the contest was to create a robot being an assistant for disabled people. And the first winner of the International Olympiad on Robotics, was a 6th year student of school # 12 in Kazan (ORT "Mishpahteynu”) Kapitalina Starikova, who proposed a robot that can cook and serve food for a dog if the owner does not able to do so due to limited abilities of health. | |
Kapitolina Starikova’s Robot impressed the jury and was unanimously voted as the best. In the following days have usual competitions to Olympic Games passed: “Tug of War"," Walking Robots "," Tanks-banks "," Labyrinth”, "Triathlon", "Soccer", "Robot-builder." The winners in the junior league are: |
Anna Michurina, Senior expert of R&D Department, ORT CIS