Ashraf AboArafe
The Kingdom won first place in the World Robot Olympiad Championship (WRO) for the year 2022, which will be held in Dortmund, Germany, from November 17 to 19. It is a global competition aimed at showing the creativity of young people in the age group of 8 to 19 years in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and STEM programming.
The Kingdom’s team participating in the tournament was managed by the Saudi Federation for Wireless Sports and Robotics, in partnership with the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones, the Ministry of Education, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Prince Sattam University, King Salman Oasis, and Thakaa Company, sponsored by SABIC Liquidation Company, and sponsored by Saudi Aramco. STC solutions for the participation of the Kingdom’s teams in the finals.
The Kingdom participated in the global finals of the World Robot Olympiad Championship (WRO) with eight teams – the largest participation in the history of the Kingdom’s participation in the Olympiad finals – in which 365 teams from 73 countries around the world competed, where the Kingdom won first place in the category of the future of innovation for the primary stage in the world as an achievement New for the Kingdom in this tournament, in addition to the 7th place in the robot sport category, and the 11th place in the future creators category for the intermediate stage, advancing 7 places from its classification in its previous participation.
The Kingdom also ranked 14th in the category of future innovators for the secondary stage, 20 places ahead of its previous classification in the Olympiad, 39th in the category of robot tasks for the primary stage, 33 places ahead of its previous classification, and 42nd in the category of robot tasks for the intermediate stage, advancing 24. A center from its previous classification, and the 66th place in the category of robot tasks for the secondary stage, in addition to the team participating in the category of future engineers winning the 15th place.
It is noteworthy that the local qualifiers began by registering for the teams on September 15, 2022, and the qualifiers in the regions took place on October 5, while the final qualifiers were held in Riyadh in King Salman Oasis from the 11th to the 13th of October, in which the participants competed in five different categories, after which the qualification of the teams begins. The winner of the local qualifiers at the Tuwaiq Academy of the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones through professional trainers, before they travel for global representation.
