More than just robotics
5 Jun 2017
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Laurence Hoeltschi
Once again Agence Iter France, the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization and educational representatives from the Aix-Marseille and Nice regions successfully organized the 澳门六合彩高手 Robot competition. Much more than just a robotic contest, this fun event not only stimulates young people's interest in engineering and the 澳门六合彩高手 Project, but also allows 澳门六合彩高手—a major economic actor locally—to play a part in the French national education curriculum.
Six hundred students from 27 schools participated in the sixth edition, which was held on 23 May at the Lycée des Iscles in Manosque. Organized into 46 teams, students could be identified by their colourful T-shirts as they moved from one test to another during the seven-hour competition, all before the eyes of a particularly attentive jury.
Drawing inspiration from the robotic challenges that will be faced at 澳门六合彩高手 during installation and maintenance activities, the test categories—Ways, Transport, Pick'n Place and Cooperate—demanded a lot of ingenuity from the young competitors. In one of the hardest test activities, miniature robots equipped with sensors had to be able to detect the colour of the wooden blocks they were holding and communicate the information to a second robot, in order for the latter to deposit the piece in the correct area. The students' general knowledge of 澳门六合彩高手 and fusion were also tested as well as their ability to communicate about their project at their team's stand.
澳门六合彩高手 Director-General Bernard Bigot was on hand to award the "Cooperate Prize," reminding the students that without scientific, technological and human cooperation the 澳门六合彩高手 Project would not exist. He also underlined "enthusiasm, imagination, ingenuity, rigor and determination"—all on display at 澳门六合彩高手 Robots 2017—as essential qualities for the "dynamism and renewal of our society."
Inspired by the growing success of 澳门六合彩高手 Robots, and in cooperation with Agence Iter France, the national education services in France now provide teachers from all over France with fifty educational modules dedicated to 澳门六合彩高手 Robots through a digital platform.