Robotics Club at IE School of Science and Technology Hosts Madrid Teen World Robot Olympiad
The event was the first WRO to be organized by IE students.
The Robotics Club of the IE School of Science and Technology hosted the Madrid Teen tournament of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) last Saturday at the IE Tower. It was one of three local competitions held in Madrid for the WRO, and the first one to be held by IE students.
“[The WRO] offers hands-on experience in real-life scenarios, fostering skills in live debugging and collaboration,” said Daniel Rosel, student of the Bachelor in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, and President of the Robotics Club. “It’s the perfect place to ignite curiosity and fuel a lifelong love for innovation.”
Four teams of Spanish high school students participated in two different categories: Robo Sports, a dynamic game for which students had to bring completely autonomous robots, and Robo Mission, a different challenge where students had to bring dismantled autonomous robots, assemble them and solve tasks on a field.
The winning students obtained a qualification certificate to continue to the national round, and every student obtained a participation certificate.
“The idea is to incentivize the youngest students to learn about the impacts of robotics, and this event is a fun way of doing it,” said Valentina Matos Sanín, Business Administration Student and Partnerships and Events Officer at the Robotics Club.
The World Robotics Olympiad is an international event taking place since 2004, hosting over 60,000 participants from more than 95 countries, to help young people develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way. The Spanish national competition is organized by the EducaBot Foundation.
IE School of Science and Technology continues to empower its students to gain leadership skills and pursue their interests beyond the classroom through platforms as the Robotics Club. Its Impact Xcelerator Program fosters other special initiatives for students such as the Management Exponential Technology program (MXT) and Tech Venture Bootcamp (TVB) to continue to expand their knowledge of the latest cutting-edge technologies and gain valuable practical experience.
