#WEWILLWIN BY CREATING. “ROSTELECOM” SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL TOUR OF WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD

On November 8 2020 the national stage of World Robot Olympiad (WRO) took place at Ayb School.
The organizer of the WRO national tour is "Ayb" educational foundation, which is the official representative of the World Robotics Olympiad in Armenia for the 5th year in a row. The general partner of the competition is “Rostelecom” Armenia.
This year’s tasks for robots were to solve problems concerning different climatic disasters reducing human losses. Parallel to the age group, the tasks become more difficult.
The winner of WRO 2020 national tour was PhysMath NGN team. The winners of each age group were as follows:
- WeDo age group - Shushi team,
-Junior age group - Stepanakert team ,
-Senior age group - PhysMath NGN team.
Taking into account the current situation in the world connected with the new type of coronavirus pandemic, this year the national tour of WRO was held in a new hybrid style, online and offline.
This year’s motto for WRO Armenian tour was "#WeWillWin by creating. Our country needs engineering ideas”. This year nine teams participated in the national tour presenting their innovative solutions.
"From the beginning of the year, we all face successive trials, which target children too. Today, more than ever, it is obvious that our country needs engineering ideas, and WRO is one of the best measures taken in that direction. “Rostelecom” is making every effort to ensure the continuity of education and to develop new skills in the necessary areas. We must do everything possible to instill in children love towards science from an early age. Education is the guarantee of a victorious outcome in all spheres”,-mentioned the CEO of “Rostelecom” Armenia Hayk Faramazyan.
Rostelecom has a great contribution to the development of robotics, programming and modeling among children. For the third year in a row, the company has been supporting the tournament, creating opportunities for Armenian children to represent Armenia on international platforms.
Since 2016, Ayb Educational Foundation has been the official representative and organizer of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) in Armenia. The Olympiad promotes the teaching and learning of robotics, programming, engineering in schools, and the involvement of Armenian students in prestigious international competitions and Olympiads. The participating teams design and build a robot model that should be able to solve real-life problems.
"This year full of challenges, I am glad that we were able to find the innovative solutions that allowed our children to participate in the Olympiad as in previous years. Our main task is to do everything possible not to deprive children of the opportunity to learn and create. As a priority, we have not just defined the capacity of robotics and natural sciences, and we do hope that our efforts will bring real benefits to our country and particular spheres. We are sure that the new generation and quality education will bring us new victories, " mentioned the Director of “Ayb” Educational Foundation, Sona Koshetsyan.

This year, teams from MindCenter, Wizcode, and PhysMath NGN educational institutions participated in the national tour of WRO, and the teams performed under names representing Armenia.
About World Robot Olympiad

It is already 17 years WRO builds this educational platform. 4000 teams from 12 countries participated in the first international competition held in 2004. While in 2019 more than 28.000 teams with more than 75000 participants from about 70 countries competed during the Olympiad.

The aim of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is to unite children and youth from all over the world around the idea of robotics and to develop their creativity, planning and problem solving skills. 

Technical information about the competition

The minimum number of participants in the team is 2, maximum – 3. The team should have at least 20-year-old team lead.

Only 6-19 year-old children and youngsters can participate in the competition. Teams can compete in different “categories” (the choice is made in advance).

• Regular competition
• “WRO-Football” competition
• Open competition
• WeDo regular competition

How is the winner chosen?

The robot performs the task three times. The winner becomes the robot with the highest score.