WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD 2017 - LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
August 13, 2017 (Boy Scouts Seabase)
--World Robot Olympiad brings together young people from all over the world to develop their creativity, design & problem solving skills through challenging & educational robot competitions and activities---
RSSC Members Patricia (Trish) Tsoiasue (organized event) and Walter Martinez ( judged the event ) were present at the 2017 WRO World Robot Olympiad local competition in Long Beach, California at the Boy Scouts Seabase. Patricia organized this event and made it all possible for 6 teams of kids to compete at the Elementary, Junior and Senior levels. Some of the teams will be competing in Nationals. Everyone worked really hard to complete the challenges and we all had a fantastic time. Parents and visitors were very engaging and the senior team Westside enjoyed interacting with the younger teams and they all demonstrated their robots.
Visit the WRO Official Website for more information. This year's finals are in Costa Rica and topics covered are sustainability, renewable energy and carbon footprint or Sustainabots: Robots for sustainability. All very relevant topics to today's challenges.
In all three levels students are allowed to use only Lego Mindstorms robots and are limited rules.
RSSC Members Patricia (Trish) Tsoiasue (organized event) and Walter Martinez ( judged the event ) were present at the 2017 WRO World Robot Olympiad local competition in Long Beach, California at the Boy Scouts Seabase. Patricia organized this event and made it all possible for 6 teams of kids to compete at the Elementary, Junior and Senior levels. Some of the teams will be competing in Nationals. Everyone worked really hard to complete the challenges and we all had a fantastic time. Parents and visitors were very engaging and the senior team Westside enjoyed interacting with the younger teams and they all demonstrated their robots.
Visit the WRO Official Website for more information. This year's finals are in Costa Rica and topics covered are sustainability, renewable energy and carbon footprint or Sustainabots: Robots for sustainability. All very relevant topics to today's challenges.
In all three levels students are allowed to use only Lego Mindstorms robots and are limited rules.
RSSC Member Walter Martinez gave a one hour presentation via teleconferencing to 31 teams from Honduras consisting of 110 kids who were competing for the WRO finals.
Challenges
ELEMENTARY
As one of the richest countries in biodiversity, a lot of different ecosystems can be found in Costa Rica. There are areas open to the public, national parks and protected reservoirs that have been established to protect our natural resources. For a country with green rainforests in the mountains and blue oceans on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, many endangered species are found. It is important to preserve the habitats of the jaguars and turtles, and other endangered species, to prevent them from becoming extinct. Sample Solution www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUiPdJFwePc
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JUNIOR
Greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, emitted by human activities like transportation, industrial processes and energy production affect the temperature of our planet. The Challenge is to make a robot that can help one company reach carbon neutrality. To accomplish this, the robot must install renewable energy sources, like solar panels, and plant trees to counterbalance the emissions from the industrial processes of the company.
Sample Solution www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUCD9_zxsQ0
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SENIOR
The demand for electricity is increasing every day. More facilities like wind farms that generate electricity from renewable and clean energy sources are needed. The Challenge is to make a robot that helps to build a wind farm. The robot will select the best places to build the different wind generators of the wind farm in order to ensure maximum efficiency from the generators and no impact on the environment. Sample Solution www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhb9O77zSiE
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