The experts of tomorrow
Organised by Agence Iter France (CEA) in partnership with the local representatives of the French Ministry of National Education, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Robots brings together junior and high school students (18 teams for a total of 300 students this year) in a friendly competition that mimics some of the challenges of handling actual °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ components.
Under their professor's guidance, students spend months designing and programming Lego-based robots and "training" them to perform specific tasks in and around a mockup of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Tokamak. Their performance is assessed by a jury of actual robotics experts from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and CEA's Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research (IRFM).
At a reduced scale, participation in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Robots is about measuring the challenges of handling °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ components remotely. At real-scale, it is a demonstration of the importance of teamwork and shared responsibility.