Pinoy kids Take Silver in World Robot Olympiad

[rodsky]

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RP takes silver in World Robot Olympiad - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

RP takes silver in World Robot Olympiad
By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 14:54:00 11/10/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines took home the silver medal at the recently held World Robot Olympiad 2008 in Yokohama, Japan.

The Philippine team known as “Gracean Whizkids” from Grace Christian Elementary School beats 21 other schools.

The team is composed of Joseph Aldrin Chua, Edrich Hans Chua and Dominique Hannah Sy. They were coached by Melanie Tizon and Warren John Ong Pe.

Their project, dubbed "The G-Tech Robot Engineering a Better World," included 12 different types of robots doing various types of activities to save the environment.

The Open Category required contestants to create robots under the theme, "Saving the Global Environment."

Teams were judged according to appearance, uniqueness, interactive behavior, good engineering and stability.

All the robots were made from parts of LEGO toys.

South Korea took the gold medal in the elementary school level for open category, while Malaysia won bronze medal.

South Korea also won gold medals for the Regular Category in the Elementary and High School Levels.

The country was also represented in WRO 2008 by Benigno Aquino High School and the International School of Manila. They took 6th place in the Open Category in the High School and Elementary categories, respectively.

This is the first time that the Philippines won a medal in the Elementary Level Open Category.

The country had won medals in the High School Open Category in previous years.

-RODION

[tingkoy13]

congratz kids...

[cottonmouth]

Keep the good news coming, man. Kudos.

[jutai]

Congrats! Bata pa gani,daghan na kaayo knowledge sa Science. bilib ko sa school ani nila.

[rambutan]

wow!! maytag ani pod ko pagka bata dah!
napost pod unta ako name sa istorya.net! hehehe

Kudos kabataan!!

[moz_k2]

Their project, dubbed "The G-Tech Robot Engineering a Better World," included 12 different types of robots doing various types of activities to save the environment.

The featured robots include :

Next Gen Car, a lightweight hydrogen powered car for the next generation which consumes lesser energy;

H2O Treatment Robot which is designed to filter waste water from a factory for safe disposal;

E-Sorter, a robot that sorts biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage using color coding of container;

Paper Recycling Area, a factory robot that recycles used paper into something usable;

Iced Sub-Zero Robot, a robot that makes melted ice in the polar region back into ice form;

Forest Surveillance Robot, a robot with a built in camera that guards forests and waterfalls from illegal loggers and hunters.

AD Robot, a robot at the top of the mountain that advertises the importance of planting trees in order to save the earth;

Air Pollution Monitor Robot, a robot designed to monitor the level of carbon dioxide and other pollutants;

CO2 Sequester E3K, a robot designed to sequester carbon dioxide emitted by factories;

E-Card which is used as the switch on and off household appliances;

Heliostatic mirrors which is a robot equipped with mirrors that follow the light of the sun and magnify it as an alternative source of light

WM 123 which are windmill robots that serve as an alternative source of energy for the community.

[piolo_askal]

this is a very good news indeed. if only kids and teens can channel their interests in a very productive way like these kids.

[bahiista]

WOWOW!!! pinoy na...naa pod to sauna katong mga taga cebu local lang ata na competition nya ang nakadaog kay murag taga cebu..can't really remember..

[moz_k2]

I remember those days of some of my experiment hehehe.
himo ug speed boat nya nag bawod bitaw na sus tuwad.
sayang ang dynamo, hehehe.

naa pud to one time out of curiosity I tried connecting a motor to a 220 volt outlet using low resistance wire.
just wanna check asa ang una mobigay ang wire or ang motor.
bungkag jud ato ang wire.hahaha

Well kudos to those kids.
May unta ing.ani jud ang mga bag.ong tubo karon.

[grovestreet]

the future looks bright for our country.

monotonous jobs that need automation will be phased out.