Students of "Armat" engineering laboratories will represent Armenia at the "First Global" international robot competition to be held in Mexico City on August 16-18.
This was announced by Karen Vardanyan, the founder of the "Armat" educational network, the executive director of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (ATEM), the colleagues of the team representing Armenia in Mexico City, Hayk Yesayan, the co-founder and executive director of the "Ucom" company, and Shavarsh Voskanyan, the head of the IT and automation department of "Ameriabank". :
Karen Vardanyan, executive director of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, noted that the students of "Armat" have accumulated excellent knowledge of robotics and can represent Armenia with honor and win at the International Robot Olympiad.
Shavarsh Oskanyan, head of the IT and automation department of "Ameriabank", said: "We welcome this initiative of the Union of Advanced Technologies Enterprises and are happy that our talented young people will represent Armenia at the international robot competition "First Global". Constantly promoting the introduction of innovative technologies, Ameriabank emphasizes the process of education and development of generations in the direction of technological progress and gladly joined this project. Participation in the international competition is a great opportunity to gain new knowledge and experience."
Hayk Yesayan, co-founder and executive director of "Ucom" company, noted. "In the framework of our company's corporate social responsibility, there has always been and will be the introduction of "Armat" engineering laboratories, the development of the engineering mentality of the children studying there, the expansion of the opportunities created for them, and bringing them to the international arena. The participation of the people of Almaty in the "First Global" international competition is important for gaining international experience, connections and competitiveness. And for Ucom, this brings us closer to our strategic goal, to have a generation of educated and sought-after engineers."
"First Global" is an international robotics challenge involving 14-18 year olds from around 160 countries. The purpose of the competition is to unite young people, inspire them with the possibilities of technology and innovation, create cooperation platforms for creating solutions aimed at raising the quality of life and global problems.
This year, the focus of the competition is on renewable energy tasks. There will be wind and thermal plants, models of solar panel cells in the competition field. Under the control of the team members, the robot has to rotate the wind farm, transfer the solar panel from one point to another point, where the team members have to pick it up and hang it in the connection loops, as a result of which the conditional electricity production starts to be shown on the screen. In addition, conventional coal will be available, which should be placed in the mock-up part of the thermal plants.
The Armenian team includes Vahagn Zargaryan (Artsvaberd), Lilit Khachikyan (Sisian), Nona Telunts (Goris) and team leader and participant Armen Yenokyan (Sisian, "Armat" team leader). It is noteworthy that the Armenian team clearly reflects the mission of the "Armat" educational network - regional development of innovation and engineering knowledge. By the way, the team has an equal number of girls and boys. They presented the robot participating in the competition at the press conference, but did not want to reveal all their secrets.
The participation of the people of Armat in the "First Global" international robot competition is important for gaining international experience and competitiveness. It encourages and motivates young people to engage in science and create innovations. Contestants will also gain opportunities to make international connections.