(Translated from Greek) The Greek National Team Robotics «FIRST Global Challenge Team Greece» year represents Greece in the global competition the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge, which is being performed digitally for the first time -thanks to the pandemic- from 1 the July to September 23 entitled «Connecting...

04 septembre, 2020

(Translated from Spanish) Education institutions still do not register their students' attendance to avoid infections by SARS-CoV-2 , however, they are already preparing the hygiene materials necessary for returning to school. Given this, members of the Cervantes College robotics decided to collect material and donate it...

04 septembre, 2020

(Translated from Arabic) In this article, we will shed light on the participation of the Sudan team in the FIRST Global Challenge and the STEM approach to teaching and their experience in this challenge through these excerpts to familiarize the reader with these themes. Who are they? The...

04 septembre, 2020

(Translated from Spanish) Through the National Robotics Meeting, better known as Project Balam, thousands of young people throughout the national territory have had the opportunity to enhance their learning in STEM areas, in addition to putting their soft skills into practice by working as a team...

04 septembre, 2020

Team Bangladesh has been on a roll in the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge, holding the top position for five consecutive weeks. The 13-week-long annual robotics competition, styled after the Olympics, is being held online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Every year, youths from around the...

04 septembre, 2020

I am excited to be part of the 2020 Zimbabwe National Robotics Team that is participating in one of the world’s biggest challenges in robotics, the FIRST Global Challenge. FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology.” This robotics challenge, done the Olympic...

03 septembre, 2020

(Translated from Dutch) STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) application has become an indispensable part of society, which is increasingly dependent on technology. This has been particularly evident in the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Young Help Suriname Foundation has prepared 9 Surinamese youths to participate in...

03 septembre, 2020

(Translated from Spanish) Young people from the Itapúa department who are part of an Olympic robotics team participate, on behalf of Paraguay, in the FIRST Global world competition, which includes participants from 193 countries. The competition should have taken place in-person, but due to the covid...

03 septembre, 2020

Translated from Malay. Kuala Pilah: Five students of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Besar Burhanuddin (SMKTBB), Seri Menanti, were selected to represent Malaysia in the First Global Challenge (Virtual Competition) 2020. The five participants involved two Form Five students, namely Muhammad Faiz Fakhrullah Zulkarnain, Imran Syakir Azmi and...

03 septembre, 2020

(Translated from French) Due to the covid-19 that is rampant in the world today, the robotics competition is being played remotely from July 24 to September 26. They are 7 young adolescents to participate in this competition and hope to win the trophy. They are 7 Comorians,...

02 septembre, 2020

High school students with an interest in robotics from schools across Qatar have formed Team Qatar, the STEM-vengers, to represent the country in the FIRST Global Challenge, an “Olympics”-style robotics event. The FIRST Global Challenge invites each country to send a team to compete in a...

02 septembre, 2020

For the third year in a row, the robotic club "Robomaster" named after Sofia Kovalevskaya represents the Russian Federation at the international youth robotics Olympiads "FIRST Global Challenge" under the flag of the Russian Federation. The main goal of this youth competition is to develop an...

01 septembre, 2020

Prime Minister Brigadier Mark Phillips said the Government will continue to support the work programme of STEM Guyana, which is in keeping with its vision for youth development. The Prime Minister made these remarks during a meeting with Executive Director of STEM Guyana, Ms. Karen Abrams,...

29 août, 2020

(Translated from Portuguese.) The world robotics championship has been taking place since 2017 and this year Angola is among the best classified players in the tournament, taking into account the situation the world is experiencing, the championship is happening online, at that moment, the Angolan team,...

23 août, 2020

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — The St. Kitts-Nevis Robotics Team is competing in the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge – Connecting Communities, which runs July 1 to September 26. The event will be virtual due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. “The COVID-19 situation changed the whole dynamic of us travelling,...

22 juillet, 2020

The National Institute for Science, Technology and Innovation yesterday officially announced the launch of their participation in the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge and unveiled the six-strong members of Team Seychelles who hope to fly the Seychelles flag and improve the country’s ranking in the yearly international...

18 juillet, 2020

FIRST Global Team Liberia, a team being widely considered as Liberia National Robotics Team, on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at the headquarters of the National Catholic Health Council of Liberia located in Gaye Town, Old Road, had a brief program with its founding National Coordinator,...

17 juillet, 2020

The lagoon team of Colegio Cervantes is positioned as a strong competitor for the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge. Despite the conditions, the 2020 FIRST Global Challenge started at the end of June, with the central theme of connecting communities. Among six teams from the republic, Cerbotics 4400 from Colegio...

14 juillet, 2020

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — On most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teen-age girls pile into her dad’s car and head to a mechanic’s workshop. They use back roads to skirt police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in their city of Herat, one...

20 avril, 2020

A teenaged robotics team is on the hunt for bright sparks to take part in a global competition. The club, which will meet on Thursdays after school and Saturday afternoons, will be trained for an international robotics competition against teams from around the world later this...

13 mars, 2020

Connectech is inviting “anyone interested in robotics, engineering, and technology who has passion, can be dedicated, committed and disciplined enough to represent the Island internationally at the Fourth Annual FIRST Global robotics competition in 2020.” A spokesperson said, “Fresh off the heels of their successful debut...

19 février, 2020

The official opening of Vietnam STEAM Challenge 2020 took place in FPT University in Hoa Lac campus in Hanoi on January 7 with total price of VND2 billion (US$ 86,319) Participating in the Vietnam STEAM Challenge, students will have a chance to apply their math knowledge...

10 janvier, 2020

THAILAND (WHEC) — Thirteen years ago News10NBC featured Brockport senior Justin Worboys as our student-athlete of the week. Now, he's making a global impact. Worboys has been teaching science at the American School of Bangkok for the past three years. During his first year teaching in Thailand,...

03 décembre, 2019

A group of Indigenous students recently returned from a trip to Dubai where they competed against 189 countries in a robot building competition. The brothers were part of Team Canada that took part in the FIRST Global challenge. [See post for video.] --> Full Story  ...

26 novembre, 2019

The FIRST Global Challenge is known for being the “most exciting competition for robotics in the world.” On a quest to empower the globe’s youth to be a part of the generation that will change the world, FGC is not just about robots. Dean Kamen, founder...

21 novembre, 2019

(Translated from Portuguese) Angola took part in the Robotics World Cup 2019 in October. The group of Angolans who represented in the Robotics World Cup in Dubai belongs to Arotech (Angola Robotics and Technology), young people who came together to inspire Angolan students and arouse interest...

18 novembre, 2019

(Translated from French) Burkina Faso took part for the second time this year in the FIRST Global Challenge, an international robotics competition that brings together young people aged 14 to 18 from around the globe every year. The Burkina team of five young people, Jade, Cheick, Flore,...

17 novembre, 2019

James and Lachlan teamed up with their robotics partners, Grace Lutheran College, and took part in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Global Competition (FGC) in Dubai. The challenge brought together 191 countries, each sending one team of high school students,...

15 novembre, 2019

https://www.facebook.com/RadioTravel/videos/593753941362517/ (Translated from Albanian) The National Robotics Team, which participated in the FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai, was at the Travel Club studios to share with us and all Radio Travel listeners their experience in the competition, also known as the World Robotics Olympics. The FIRST Global Challenge...

09 novembre, 2019

A team of five Syrian refugee teams has won the world’s biggest robotics competition in Dubai by building a robot to help clean the pollution from the ocean in a themed game. Team Hope led the four-team alliance in the final of the 2019 FIRST Global...

07 novembre, 2019

Team of five bags silver medal at the FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai. A TEAM of five young members, Sou Many, Ho Chanponleusophea, Cheang Thornsopanha, Keb Sreynaj and Pun Solita, aged between 15 to 16 years old, have won recognition with a silver medal in their...

07 novembre, 2019

The Ukrainian National team finished 10th among approximately 180 participants at the First Global Challenge, a yearly Olympics-style robotics competition, which took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 24-27. Ukraine was represented by teenagers aged 15 to 18 years: Kharkivites Oleksandr Plotnytskiy, Victor Zhernokleyev,...

04 novembre, 2019

Cayman’s national robotics team took home two awards after competing in the FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, held 25-27 Oct. The team of 11 students spent weeks preparing for the international meeting of minds. This year’s competition theme was ‘Ocean Opportunities’, which focussed on...

03 novembre, 2019

SPRINGDALE -- The Tyson School of Innovation's robotics team returned last week with a silver medal from an overseas competition and new friendships from across the globe. Root Negative One represented the United States in this year's FIRST Global Challenge, held Oct. 24-27 in Dubai, United...

03 novembre, 2019

Congratulations to Guam's robotics team for a stellar performance in Dubai. In October, a team of about 10 high school students represented Guam in the FIRST Global robotics competition in Dubai, Arab Emirates. Team Guam joined thousands of other students at the Dubai Festival Arena for what...

03 novembre, 2019

Five young Central Africans took part in a robotics competition in Dubai from 24 to 27 October, which brought together more than 1,500 people from 191 countries. Their return to Bangui was triumphant. --> Full Story...

01 novembre, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seeking to bolster its image as a forward-looking metropolis, Dubai hosted the largest-ever international robotics contest this week, challenging young people from 190 countries to find solutions to global ocean pollution. Event organizers say their selection of Dubai as host reflects...

01 novembre, 2019

SPRINGDALE -- The Tyson School of Innovation's robotics team returned Monday with a silver medal from an overseas competition and new friendships from across the globe. Root Negative One represented the U.S. in this year's FIRST Global Challenge, held Oct. 24 through Sunday in Dubai, United...

31 octobre, 2019

The Israel robotics delegation, consisting of five Megiddo regional high school students, which is sponsored by the Technion, won a silver medal at the Global Challenge FIRST Global Olympics held over the weekend in Dubai. The Israeli team qualified for the final stage in the 191-nation...

31 octobre, 2019

Rabat – A Moroccan team composed of four high school students took part in the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai. The event took place in the Emirati city between October 24 and October 27. The FIRST Global Challenge is a yearly international robotics challenge where...

29 octobre, 2019

MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – A team from Belarus won the international robot technology competition FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai, BelTA learned from the official website of the competition. A total of 189 teams took part in the event. Belarus was represented by two school...

29 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Spanish) The team of Dominican students who participated in the World Robotics Competition in Dubai won the bronze medal for their performance during the day, which consisted of assembling a robot capable of solving environmental problems that provide opportunities for improvement to the world with climate change...

29 octobre, 2019

Muscat: Young people representing Oman at a global event that looks at finding solutions to environmental problems have said that their country is very fortunate to be rewarded with plenty of natural beauty and wildlife in its seas. Taking part at the FIRST Global Challenge in...

28 octobre, 2019

The Belarusian team won the world competition in robotics and programming. The annual FIRST Global Challenge Championship was held in Dubai. 189 teams participated in it. Our country was represented by 2 high school students and 3 students of BSU and BSUIR. This year environment...

28 octobre, 2019

Bahrain has expressed aspirations to build an underwater artificial reef in the Arabian Gulf using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics as part of its Ocean Opportunities theme at the Dubai Future Foundation event, the ‘FIRST Global Challenge’, held on 24-27 October at Festival Arena. If approved,...

28 octobre, 2019

Five Syrian refugee teenagers have won a competition to build robots able to help clean up pollution in the world’s oceans. 'Team Hope' – Maher El Assawi, Ammar Kabbour, Salam Al Farekh, Youssef Shaaban, Amina Kabbour and supervisor Yamen Alnajjar – led the winning four-team alliance...

28 octobre, 2019

(Translated from French) A team of young Tunisian innovators under the age of 18, won the silver medal in international excellence from 192 participating countries at the 2019 2019 "first global 2019" Olympic Games held in Dubai from 24 to 27 October 2019 On the initiative...

28 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Arabic) The FIRST Global World Robotics and Artificial Intelligence championship, which was held in Dubai from 24 to 27 October, concluded yesterday with the participation of more than 1500 competitors from 191 countries, in the largest event in the world in the field of...

28 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Italian) Rapallo - The mayor of Rapallo Carlo Bagnasco and the president of the Municipal Council Mentore Campodonico met at the Fortunato Liceti Institute the students who successfully participated in the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge in Dubai. In the assembly hall, where the «Hackathons» were taking place, the project marathons between groups...

28 octobre, 2019

DUBAI, 27th October, 2019 (WAM) -- Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future and Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation, has said that the UAE is a global platform for knowledge exchange and a...

27 octobre, 2019

Dubai: Team Hope led the winning four-team alliance to a dramatic victory, in the grand final of the FIRST Global Challenge 2019, in Dubai. The third edition of the annual robotics competition — the first to be hosted outside the Americas — drew the participation of...

27 octobre, 2019

DUBAI, 27th October, 2019 (WAM) -- Following a tumultuous three weeks for their country, in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, Team Japan is grateful for the opportunity to dive into their shared passion for robotics and keep their minds occupied during the global robotics and...

27 octobre, 2019

The team with 8 wins and 1 loss at the moment is 6th in the overall ranking in a total of 188 countries around the world! The Greek National Robotics Team participating in the Dubai Olympics these days and qualifying for the final that will be...

27 octobre, 2019

DUBAI, 26th October, 2019 (WAM) -- His passion for programming and robotics, and his dream to develop his skills in Artificial Intelligence, AI, motivated Amjad Hamed to lead the Palestinian team to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge 2019 in Dubai. "Participating in this global tournament...

26 octobre, 2019

DUBAI, 26th October, 2019 (WAM) -- Masterminded by Dean Kamen, the third FIRST Global Challenge being hosted in Dubai has brought more than 1,500 students from 191 countries together to invent robotics that can tackle marine and ocean-life problems At one time, technologies invented by...

26 octobre, 2019

DUBAI, 26th October, 2019 (WAM) -- Members of Geared-Up Girls have been lugging their robot, Shakti (the Sanskrit word for power), around in a suitcase all morning for practice at Festival Arena, frantically adding tweaks to improve the consistency and reliability of the prototype. The all-girl...

26 octobre, 2019

Dubai: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve real-life problems has become part of the UAE education system, the Minister of Education said on the sidelines of the ‘2019 FIRST Global Challenge’ in Dubai on Saturday. Hussain Ebrahim Al Hammadi said students in grades 11 and 12, in...

26 octobre, 2019

The third edition of a major international robotics competition kicked off at Festival Arena in Dubai on Friday. More than 1,500 contestants from 191 countries are expected to take part in the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge. This year’s theme – "Ocean Opportunities" – focuses on creating robots...

25 octobre, 2019

Dubai: The Dubai Festival Arena erupted in cheers on Friday as enthusiastic students from 191 countries battled it out in the FIRST Global Challenge to recover “trash from the seas” using robots. This year’s Challenge, an annual international robotics and artificial intelligence competition being held for...

25 octobre, 2019

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, said that Dubai continues to cement its position as a global hub for major international events, thanks to its extensive expertise and advanced infrastructure. Dubai's hosting of...

25 octobre, 2019

Dubai: Seven-time Grammy Award winning musician and education advocate will.i.am performed live at the opening ceremony of the 2019 FIRST Global DXB Challenge on Thursday. The global gathering of creative young minds in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), kicked off on Thursday at...

24 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Spanish) The winning team of the Robotics Cup, organized by the Ministry of Education and Innovation of the City of Buenos Aires together with Educabot, a provider of educational technology solutions, will travel this week to the city of Dubai to compete in the World...

22 octobre, 2019

Afghanistan has made great progress over the past two decades toward empowering women, strengthening democracy, improving access to health care and providing education to millions of children. International donors have had a direct impact on the lives of many Afghans, offering us opportunities for economic...

18 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Thai) October 14, Bangkok, Thailand — Thailand will be sending its first team of representatives in the global robotics competition, "The 2019 FIRST Global Challenge", themed "Ocean Opportunities", which aims to raise awareness of ocean pollution and encourage collaboration in order to solve these challenges...

15 octobre, 2019

  This is the first time this event is being held outside of the Americas. This Global event brings together talented youth with a passion for STEM to address environmental issues   Crown Prince of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of The...

12 octobre, 2019

Several Alberta students are preparing for an opportunity for a lifetime — this October, the IndigeSTEAM team will head to Dubai to compete on behalf of Canada in an international robotics competition. The FIRST Global event swill be a chance for the team to show off...

11 octobre, 2019

Washington, DC – A National Team Jamaica Robotics, comprising high school students, coaches and a chaperone, will travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates to represent the island at the third edition of the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge. The Jamaican robotics team will once again go head-to-head...

08 octobre, 2019

Ever wonder how robots would do in the Olympics? Dubai is getting ready to host the largest Olympic-style robotics competition in the world, and it’s all for an environmental cause. The 2019 FIRST Global challenge kicks off on Thursday October 24 until Sunday October 27 at...

07 octobre, 2019

Since 2017, FIRST Global Challenge has been bringing together young bright minds from all over the world to foster a passion for STEM education A Bangladeshi high school team will be participating in the FIRST Global Challenge, an international robotics event that is held every year...

03 octobre, 2019

(Translated from Spanish) Five youth from four schools in Puerto Rico will represent our island at the FIRST Global Challenge Robot Olympics, where they will compete with 200 teams from different countries around the world. The event will take place from October 24 to 27 in Dubai,...

02 octobre, 2019

SPRINGDALE -- Community organizations and individuals have pledged thousands of dollars to help send a Tyson School of Innovation robotics team overseas to an international competition next month. Root Negative One will represent the United States at this year's FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai, United Arab...

30 septembre, 2019

(Translated from Polish) For four years they have represented our province and country around the world, in October they are flying to Dubai for the next championship. The Spice Gears Team talked about their activities in the Marshal's Office. She presented here as part of the...

25 septembre, 2019

A team of young scientists is scheduled to participate in the First Global Challenge 2019 taking place on the 21st- 28 October in Dubai. This year’s challenge is themed “Ocean Opportunities”. The aspiring young scientists from Delta High School in Windhoek are Dennis de Abreu, Giovanni...

20 septembre, 2019

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Annette Ferguson yesterday handed over a cheque of $1M to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana team, which will be representing the country at this year’s ‘First Global Robotic’ competition in Dubai. “This year hopefully, we are looking...

18 septembre, 2019

Translated from Spanish. Students from all provinces will participate in the Robotics Cup to reach the Dubai World Cup. From August 29 to 31, the City of Buenos Aires will host the 2019 Robotics Cup, a contest that will define the team that will travel to the FIRST...

10 septembre, 2019

(Translated from Polish) Asseco became the main sponsor of the team at the FIRST Global Challenge robotic Olympiad. The event will take place October 24-27, 2019 in Dubai. The Polish team is the Spice Gears team from Kraśnik. This is another Asseco initiative within the Asseco for the Future...

09 septembre, 2019

A local robotics team will once again represent South Africa internationally as they gear up for the FIRST Global robotics challenge later this year. The robotics competition will be held in Dubai from 24 to 27 October. The team, made up of high school students from Centurion,...

08 septembre, 2019

[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/oEWmGD0mXVk']   A group of five MCAST students are appealing for donations in aim of representing Malta in an IT and robotics competition taking place in Dubai. In order to participate, the youth need to raise €10,000. The students, currently studying Software Development and Robotics at MCAST, told Newsbook.com.mt that...

07 septembre, 2019

A group of 10 students who will be representing Seychelles at the 2019 FIRST Global Robotic competition to be held in Dubai from October 24-27 have received a robot kit from the National Institute for Science, Technology and Innovation. This was during a short presentation at the Blue...

31 août, 2019

Translated from Dutch. This year the Young Help Suriname (YHS) foundation is also planning to allow Suriname to participate in the 2019 FIRST Global 'Robotics' Challenge (FGC) for the third time. The foundation has recently been able to successfully register our country to participate in this competition...

29 août, 2019

Five students will design and build robots to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition with a cause in Dubai. FIRST Global is a non-profit organisation that promotes science and technology education and careers, through Olympics-style robotics competitions. The students will have to design three robots...

22 août, 2019

Eight (8) students selected from four secondary schools in Suva were part of the first round of the “FIRST Global Challenge” at The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Laucala Campuson 16 August 2019. The schools are Suva Grammar School, YatSen Secondary School, Jai Narayan College and MGM...

21 août, 2019

The Tyson Manufacturing Automation Center officially opened in downtown Springdale today as company officials introduced the facility to attendees from across Northwest Arkansas. Tyson Foods, which has made a series of investments into downtown Springdale over the past few years, created the new, state-of-the-art facility to...

09 août, 2019

A bunch of talented Queenstown high school students have been selected to represent New Zealand at the "Olympics" of robotics. Wakatipu High School students Tannin Heeley, 14, Monique Rider, 13, Pearce Summerfield, 14, Josh Nyberg, 14 and Minnie Tam, 14, will compete in the FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai, in October. Rider said the team,...

09 août, 2019

The Cayman Islands will send 11 students to Dubai to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge robotics event from 24‑27 Oct. The Cayman Islands National Robotics Team, which was formed from the field of competitors at the recent Rover Ruckus competition includes Caylem Hill and Jack McGregor...

27 juillet, 2019

Cayman’s 2019 national robotics team is getting ready for the FIRST Global Challenge in Dubai. The students were qualified to be on the national team following their participation in “Rover Ruckus” held in May, as well as, a rigorous selection process. The theme of the FIRST Global Challenge...

27 juillet, 2019

Five Nigerian students drawn from secondary schools across the country have been selected to represent Nigeria at the next FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Dubai this October. The students; Kosi Ugoji, Isaac Ibidun, Gbemileke Ogunrayewa, Sonia Bendrewere and  Toluwaniyin Ojo-Osagie were selected from a try-out session...

03 juillet, 2019

TAMCC Robotics Club competed in 2017, placing 109 out of 160 countries In 2018, Team Grenada placed 93 in Mexico In 2019, Team Grenada seeks funding to participate in Dubai For the last two years, the students representing the TA Marryshow Community College Robotics Club...

17 avril, 2019

HERAT, Afghanistan — A 2017 wall calendar dangled from a nail over Kawsar Roshan’s bed on the otherwise blank wall of her room. “Best year for me” she had written, in curly script, above aerial photos of lakes and waterfalls. She drew a smiley-face next...

31 mars, 2019

Impossible Robotics – the Dutch student/inventors who compete in the FIRST Global international robotics Challenge –  have learned that Science can solve humanity’s problems when the world’s youth work together. That ethos lies at the heart of the FIRST organisation which is a not-for-profit charity fostering a global...

23 mars, 2019

This Women’s History Month, we’re elevating and celebrating the women who broke barriers and showed the world what they’re made of. Whilst research has long supported the truth that fewer women pursue careers in STEM than men, this norm is changing slowly but surely. According to...

22 mars, 2019

His Excellency Mohammed Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of Dubai Future Foundation, announced that Dubai will host the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge in October 2019. It marks the first time that...

14 février, 2019

An international Olympics style robot-making competition is coming to Dubai this year. Schoolchildren from across the globe will be challenged to design robots that can help solve pressing global issues such was water security and energy efficiency. More than 2,000 pupils from 193 countries are set to...

11 février, 2019

Dubai - MENA Herald: His Excellency Mohammed Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of Dubai Future Foundation, today announced that Dubai will host the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge in October 2019. It...

10 février, 2019

Glenda McTaggart would like to see Cayman students take over the world of robotics, or at least play a part in the burgeoning technical field. But, she said, it will require change. “So far, robotics are not part of the school curriculum,” said Ms. McTaggart, education...

31 janvier, 2019

Romanian children have always performed well at international olympiads, and this year was no different. Romania had great results at the 2018 International Geography Olympiad, held in Canada, the International Math Olympiad in Cluj-Napoca as well as two robotics competitions, in Thailand and Mexico. FIRST Global...

03 décembre, 2018

[See original post for video] I love asking questions. As a child, I questioned just about everything. Why was my country different than the ones I saw on television shows and in movies? Why was my gender an obstacle to me becoming a leader someday? Why...

12 octobre, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Today more than ever there are adolescent women who are participating in educational robotics. They occupy a leadership position and excel in international competitions, they are mentors and they open opportunities for the generations to come. Here, four of them tell how robotics...

19 septembre, 2018

It’s always nice to read of positive technology initiatives in the UK for the young – so check out UK students finishing in third place at the ‘Robotics Olympics’ in Mexico last month. Specifically, an alliance of three nations featuring the UK team came third for...

07 septembre, 2018

Durban - Team South Africa has broken a record at the FIRST Global robotics challenge in Mexico. One of the Springbot members and team captain, Mikhaeel Reddy said. “We won the Walt Disney award and received gold for our creativity, imagination and innovation. "We are still reeling from...

06 septembre, 2018

Spending their summer building robots and competing internationally, Guam's public school students achieve milestones in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), becoming the first high school robotics team to represent Guam on the global stage. It's not your typical summer travel, these kids packed a robot....

04 septembre, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Omar García Falla, Natalia Charry Vargas and Bryant Hernández Perdomo designed and built a robot to generate clean energy and combat climate change. Their prototype represented Colombia in the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge competition and took second place. When Omar García Falla, Natalia Charry Vargas...

31 août, 2018

Translated from Spanish. The FIRST Global Challenge international robotics olympiad ended with emotional moments that left many lessons and unique experiences among participants from more than 160 countries. This event was held at the Mexico City Arena from August 16 to 18, in which the Mexican team, composed entirely of students from the...

30 août, 2018

PUNE: While most of the country is focused on the exploits of its athletes at the Asiad in Indonesia, a group of intrepid students from the city pocketed gold at another international event. The event — a robotics competition in Mexico — saw the five students...

29 août, 2018

[VIDEO] Adrian Phillips-Hernaez, Ethan Cronier and Joe Allom-Perez recently finished 23rd in overall points out of 161 teams at the FIRST Global International Robotics Challenge. Mr. Cronier and Mr. Allom-Perez on Tuesday (28 August) joined Cayman 27’s Kevin Morales live on set to talk about the competition...

28 août, 2018

A team of UK students has been hailed for 'exceeding expectations' after finishing third in the FIRST Global Challenge in Mexico - a STEM-inspired international robotics competition. The impressive talents of the team - six high school students selected by FIRST Tech Challenge UK & Ireland...

28 août, 2018

Translated from Nepalese. The Nepali team has been competing in the International Robot Olympics 'FIRST Global Challenge' organized in Mexico. In the competition, Shishir Vishwakarma, Earth Chowdhary, Swachin Shrestha and meaningful Sen, are participating in the competition. Timothy Singh, secretary of the Robotics Association of Nepal,...

27 août, 2018

Montgomery County students powered a robot, G-Wiz, to win all eight of its matches during a four-day competition in Mexico City earlier this month. The FIRST Global Challenge was held Aug. 15-18 in Mexico City. The Wizards.exe team, based in Rockville, was chosen to represent the United...

27 août, 2018

The all-girl Afghan robotics team returned home on Sunday after wrapping up a successful tour of Mexico. The robots created by the girls won a major award at FIRST Global Challenge 2018 robot competition between high school students from around the world. “We won the safety award...

27 août, 2018

Montgomery County students powered a robot, G-Wiz, to win all eight of its matches during a four-day competition in Mexico City earlier this month. The FIRST Global Challenge was held Aug. 15-18 in Mexico City. The Wizards.exe team, based in Rockville, was chosen to represent the United...

27 août, 2018

Muscat: In the heart of Mexico City, student teams from more than 175 countries – including Oman – spent three days competing and collaborating at the international robotics competition, “FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Global Challenge”. This year’s theme was “Energy Impact,”...

26 août, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Honduras represented by Adriana, William, Erick and Maudy This group of young catrachos, students from schools of the departments of Intibucá and Colón, who have represented Honduras with dignity, obtained the award for the Second Best Robot of this competition, carrying with them the silver medal in this category " Design...

25 août, 2018

Translated from Arabic. Mauritania participated in the International Robotics Championship organized by FIRST Global, with 190 countries participating.  The Mauritanian team consists of two young men and a girl who participated through the Mauritanian business incubator HADINA RIMTIC. Team members are: Soumeya Hamady (13 years old) from the school...

25 août, 2018

Aurel, a robot designed by five Slovak secondary school students, is not leaving this year’s robot Olympics with empty hands. It was granted the Judges Award – Technical, for the recognition of the merits of a team’s unique efforts, performance or dynamics. Slovakia’s representatives at the...

24 août, 2018

Once again, Mexico hosted a world-class international event: the World Robotics Championship, the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge, which was held for the first time outside the United States. During the course of three days, more than a thousand young people from more than 180 countries, as...

24 août, 2018

We would like to invite you to stand up and join us in applauding a small group of smart, enthusiastic youth, who recently visited Mexico City, Mexico, to proudly represent Antigua and Barbuda and participate in the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge.  The members of Team...

24 août, 2018

Five Guam high school students recently returned from an international Olympics-style robotics competition in Mexico City, where they ranked 53 out of 168 country teams and won four out of eight games against worldwide competitors. “We are a really young team compared to a lot of the other...

23 août, 2018

Those NEMO radios could be child’s play for a group of students who has just returned from Mexico City. Students from the Belize High School represented Belize at this year’s FIRST Global Challenge 2018.  The aim of the competition was to demonstrate how science and...

22 août, 2018

Translated from Armenian. The regional team of Armmat Engineering Laboratory Network, which recently took part in the FIRST Global Robotics Competition in Mexico, was included in the top 48 countries (ranked 15th) according to the 180 participating countries and passed to the final stage. According to...

22 août, 2018

In North America, the Zimbabwean flag also flew high. A team of five high school students, namely Bennedictus Chingiodza (St George’s), Tamuda Chimhanda (St Ignatius), Danai Hakata (Tynwald High School), Gabriel Matemba (Harare High) and Letticia Vanganayi (Harare High) went to the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge...

22 août, 2018

A team of high school students from the city of Dimona in the Negev Desert won fourth place while representing Israel in an international robotics competition last week in Mexico City. The team from Dimona’s Lehman High School, which calls itself ‘Black Magic 11901,’ sent twelve participants...

21 août, 2018

Maldivian students won second place along with Iceland and Colombia at the FIRST Global ‘Robotics Olympics International competition held in Mexico. A total of 190 countries took part in this competition aimed at youngsters between 14 to 18 years. Competing from the Maldives were 15-year-old Yameen Yooshaau of...

21 août, 2018

https://youtu.be/9qgEypYXg8E A worldwide challenge with a difference. That was the FIRST Global Challenge which took place in Mexico and was attended by Presentation College students, Avidesh Marajh and Raydon Baboolal. Teams had to design a robot to complete engineering tasks to achieve energy efficiency. The boys say the...

21 août, 2018

Druk-Bot, the robot representing Bhutan, lost in the quarter-finals in the FIRST Global Robotics competition in Mexico held last week. The Druk-Bot was ranked 17th out of 161 participating countries. The robot, which resembles a dragon, was developed by three youth at the FabLab Bhutan. FabLab Bhutan...

21 août, 2018

Maldivian students have won second spot in an international robotics competition in Mexico. The trio competed against teams from 175 countries in the FIRST Global Challenge. The Maldives’ robot was made by teenagers Yameen Ushau from Majeedhiyya School, Ridha Anees of Jamaaludhin School and Hassan Nasih from...

20 août, 2018

MEXICO CITY — A group of four Vietnamese students brought home a bronze medal for their impressive robotic design at the “2018 FIRST Global Challenge” international robotics competition in Mexico last week. Besides the medal, the Vietnamese team was ranked 12th out of 165 teams joining in...

20 août, 2018

Mexico’s robotics team placed 12th overall at the second edition of the FIRST Global Challenge international competition but didn’t go home empty-handed, claiming the silver medal in one of the event’s most prestigious categories. In recognition of its performance throughout the three-day event held in Mexico City...

20 août, 2018

Mexico City, Mexico — Mexico takes home a silver medal in the Robotics Olympiad after their team showed high performance in the first Global Challenge. The team, which is made up of Frida Sofía Sosa, Santiago García, Ángel Berdeja, Herman Sánchez and Jorge García, all Tec...

20 août, 2018

(MENAFN - Asia Times) Four Vietnamese with a passion for robotics engineered a bronze medal at the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge in Mexico City, with their team winning seven of the eight games in the qualifying round. Drawn from students at the private FPT High School, the team ranked 12th...

20 août, 2018

The robotics team of Georgia successfully achieved third place among 193 countries in the International Competition “FIRST Global Challenge” held in Mexico, according to Imedinews. "The real demonstration of non-radar and talent in Mexico, despite the difficulties of strength, intimacy, positive mindset, enthusiasm, and competitiveness," states...

20 août, 2018

Arotech, an initiative of Angolan students that encourages interest in new technologies, was selected to participate in the international robotics Olympiads (FIRST Global) happening in Mexico City on 16 - 18 in August of 2018. This event gives student delegates a first-hand experience with involvement with...

19 août, 2018

From Australia to Vietnam, over 150 teams featuring the brightest young minds gathered in Mexico City on Friday (August 17) for the FIRST Global robotics Olympics. This international competition aims to ignite youth passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics in the field of robotics. International teams...

18 août, 2018

Competition ran high on the final day of this year's quarter-finals Robotics World Cup, which drew 700 international contestants to Mexico City Arena for the three-day challenge. The 'FIRST Global Challenge 2018' featured the next generation of young engineers and robotics technicians from 193 countries. Aged 14 to 18,...

18 août, 2018

Team Guam, made up of students from Okkodo High School and Simon Sanchez High School, is in Mexico City to compete in the FIRST Global International Competition. Team Guam won its first match Friday morning at the competition in Mexico City. The theme for the 2018...

18 août, 2018

Addressing the opening ceremony, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto stressed that the students’ talent, creativity and renovation spirit will contribute to the social development and put forth solutions to current global issues. The contest, themed “Energy Impact”, draws the participation of 165 teams across the world. Three...

18 août, 2018

A Vietnamese team is participating in the “2018 FIRST Global Challenge” international robotics competition for junior and high school students, which opened in Mexico on August 16. Addressing the opening ceremony, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto stressed that the students’ talent, creativity and renovation spirit will...

17 août, 2018

Belize is proudly being represented at the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Mexico. Students from Belize High School, Belize City, and Ocean Academy of Caye Caulker are participating in the competition. The event started on August 15 and ends tomorrow, August 18, 2018. Students from 193 countries are participating. The theme...

17 août, 2018

Translated from Uzbek. The representatives of Uzbekistan are among the young robotics technicians from 180 countries around the world at the FIRST Global Challenge competition held in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 16-18. This event is held annually in various countries, with young people from all over...

17 août, 2018

As technology takes an increasing role in daily life, countries are competing to be at the forefront of the industry. Lucky for Myanmar, a team of five talented university students are representing the nation in the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics held in Mexico from August 15...

17 août, 2018

Three Maldivian students have travelled to Mexico to take part in a global robotics competition. Their creation, Rani Kanbaa (queen lady), is remote-controlled and can carry and transport objects. It was built in two months with equipment provided by tournament organisers FIRST Global. The robot was made...

16 août, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Team Chile, supported by the "Ingenious: science and technology for all" program and the Fab Lab of the Catholic University is representing the country. On Monday 13, four youth and a mentor traveled to Mexico City to represent the country in the world's largest...

16 août, 2018

Three first-year students from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Malawi—The Polytechnic are attending this year’s FIRST Global robotics competition, which is being held in Mexico City, Mexico. The students—Gerard Magaleta, Tamanda Champiti, and Patience Muhunya—arrived in Mexico City on Tuesday, August 14, 2018,...

15 août, 2018

Members of the Conroe Independent School District “Texas Torque” team showed their team spirit and sense of camaraderie this week, stepping in to save the day for another robotics team competing on the world stage. The “Texas Torque” robotics team was already planning to send four...

15 août, 2018

Three students attending the Malta College for the Arts, Science and Technology (Mcast) are in Mexico City representing the country for the second edition of the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge this week. The students are Aaron Josef Farrugia, Monique Micallef and Darren Farrugia. They are following an...

14 août, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will travel to Mexico City to attend the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge. During his visit, the Secretary will also meet with both current and incoming Mexican government officials to discuss the continuity of strong bilateral...

14 août, 2018

TWO girls will represent Papua New Guinea in in Mexico City in an international robot Olympics for high schoolers. The pair from Lae Secondary School in Morobe will compete in the Olympics For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Global Challenge from Wednesday to...

13 août, 2018

Team Nepal is finally ready with all the preparations for Robot Olympics- FIRST Global Challenge. Robotics Association of Nepal in association with Nepal Engineer’s Association proudly presents Team Nepal. The FIRST Global robot Olympics is an annual culmination of focused STEM/robotic involvement of exponentially increasing student...

13 août, 2018

A team of five Bangladeshi students will participate in an international robotics competition titled the “FIRST Global Challenge” to be held in Mexico City this month. The participants are Arman Khasru and Laleh-naz Bergman Hossain from Sunbeams School; Razeen Ali and Anahita Anoara from Sir John...

12 août, 2018

I could hardly wait to join Tuesday’s gathering at the department of Education. Three teenage students were scheduled to test-run the robot they had built to compete in the annual FIRST Global Robotics Olympics—a competition for high school-aged participants who work together to solve global...

12 août, 2018

A five-member team of adolescent girls and boys will take part in the international robotics competition titled ‘FIRST Global Challenge’ to be held in Mexico City, capital of Mexico from August 15 to 18. The team will leave here on Sunday to join the event where...

11 août, 2018

Five Nigerian students, representing the country at the FIRST Global Robotic Olympiad, on Saturday boasted they were coming home with three gold medals at the competition. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the competition is scheduled to hold in Mexico from August​ 13th to August​...

11 août, 2018

Over 150 teams from across the globe will gather at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, from August 16 - 18 for the FIRST Global Challenge (FGC) 2018. FGC is an annual international robotics competition, which takes place in a different nation each year. Themed...

11 août, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Omar García Falla, 19 years old, Natalia Charry Vargas, 16, and Bryant Hernández Perdomo, 15, are the three SENA Huila apprentices who will represent Colombia at the FIRST Global Challenge robotics olympiad. "The efforts are rewarded and this invitation, which includes a scholarship for...

11 août, 2018

St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Five students from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College have once again been invited to participate in the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Mexico City from August 15 - 18, 2018. The Information and Technology Department students selected to represent the federation...

10 août, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY — A team of Navajo high school students from a remote town in southern Utah is building a robot to represent North America in an international robotics competition. The teenagers have worked all summer on the project, scheduling meetings between long drives to...

09 août, 2018

Tata Technologies, a global engineering services company, is sponsoring the Indian team at the FIRST Global Challenge (FGC) 2018 where students from 180+ nations will come together to participate in an international robotics Olympics. The event is focused on promoting the next generation of Science,...

09 août, 2018

Saint Lucia will be participating in the annual FIRST Global Challenge – Robot Olympics under the theme “Energy Impact”. During the competition or challenge, shifting alliances of three nations will compete to fuel power plants, initiate renewable energy plants and build a resilient transmission network using...

09 août, 2018

Translated from French. As part of the FIRST Global Challenge, the Olympic games of robotics that will take place from 16 August in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, Gabon will be represented by the non-governmental organization Kab'oyeri, which operates in the digital field. Since 2017, the FIRST...

09 août, 2018

From Aug. 15-18, 2018 some high students from around the globe representing more than 100 countries will be competing against their peers at the First Global Challenge. The theme of the Robotics Olympics is “Energy” and the Olympics will have these students engaged in various...

09 août, 2018

The Cayman Islands robotics team heads off to compete in the FIRST Global Challenge, an Olympics-styled robotics contest. But for the boys participating in it, it’s more than a contest, it’s taking what they’ve learned in the classroom and bringing it to life. Those three...

09 août, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY — A team of Navajo high school students from a remote town in southern Utah is building a robot to represent North America in an international robotics competition. The teenagers have worked all summer on the project, scheduling meetings between long drives to...

08 août, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY - A team of Navajo high school students from a remote town in southern Utah is building a robot to represent North America in an international robotics competition. The teenagers have worked all summer on the project, scheduling meetings between long drives to jobs...

07 août, 2018

Translated from Arabic. A team of young inventors from the First Skills Club of Sfax-Al Rahal will be on their way Saturday (August 11th, 2018) to Mexico to participate in the Olympic Games of robotics, the association's president Faten Khalafallah Hamouda said. The team includes four girls...

04 août, 2018

Time is winding down for Team Belize who is participating in what is called the “Olympics” of Robotics competition taking place between August 16 and 18 at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City. The group comprises students from Ocean Academy in Caye Caulker and Belize High School in Belize...

04 août, 2018

The kraken is a mythical monster capable of devouring whales and whole ships. The Kraken built by a team of Cayman Islands science students is somewhat less dangerous. Slightly smaller than a folding chair, the robotic vehicle, designed to pick up and transport small cardboard cubes,...

04 août, 2018

With a flash of green light, a robot sputters and whizzes across the room, obeying the remote-control commands 15-year-old Xaviera Nguefo and her team send its way. It is a scene that would not look out of place in a futuristic sci-fi fantasy, but is instead...

04 août, 2018

Translated from Armenian. The students of "Armath" engineering laboratories will represent Armenia at the First Global Robotics Competition in Mexico on August 16-18. First Global is a global robot challenge, involving 14 to 18 year olds from around 160 countries. The aim of the competition is to unite...

04 août, 2018

Three among 11 Nigerian secondary school students have qualified to participate in this year’s World Adolescent Robotics competition, which holds this month in China. The China Association of Science and Technology has reached out to the three students who will be representing Nigeria at the competition. The...

04 août, 2018

The Department of Women's Affairs (DWA) has sponsored the SMART Sistas Program with an amount of Vt50,000. The Director of DWA, Mrs Dorosday Kenneth Dhressen acknowledged the SMART Sistas for giving the department the opportunity to be able to give towards the SMART Sistas program. "As partners...

04 août, 2018

Belize for the first time will be participating in a global robotics competition that takes place betweenAugust 15 and 18 at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City. The focus of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) event this year is “Energy Impact” and is considered the “Olympics”...

04 août, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Mexico -- The talent and ingenuity of the young Mexicans will once again meet to participate in the Robotics World Cup "FIRST Global Challenge 2018", which in its second edition will take place at the Mexico City Arena. And for this, as in the previous event,...

23 juillet, 2018

THREE form six students of Presentation College Chaguanas will be representing TT at the First Global Challenge in Mexico City, Mexico from August 16-18. The team-based international robotics competition will see the three students, Avidesh Marajh, Raydon Baboolal and Josef Gonzalez, flying TT’s national colours amongst...

20 juillet, 2018

Three secondary school students are to represent Nigeria at the World Adolescent Robotic Competition in China this July. The students – Tawakalitu Giwa, Oluwaseun Omotayo and Ayomide Adetunji are to fly Nigeria’s flag at the event organised by the China Association of Science and Technology. The students...

20 juillet, 2018

Ghana’s All-Girls Robotics team with support from STEMbees will be participating in the First Global Robotics Competition to be held in Mexico. The competion will take off in August, with Ghana joining over 150 nations in the challenge entitled “Energy Impact”. As part of the competition, each...

20 juillet, 2018

(Go to site for video) A small group of students at Presentation College Chaguanas will once again represent this country in a global robotics competition. Last year the group placed 16th out of 163 countries worldwide, in first Global's first Annual Robotics Olympics in Washington. Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh...

20 juillet, 2018

https://youtu.be/io5vUD7R9mc Three Form Six students of Presentation College-Chaguanas will represent Trinidad and Tobago at the FIRST Global Challenge in Mexico City, Mexico from August 16th to18th. The team-based international robotics competition will see the three local students, Avidesh Marajh, Raydon Baboolal and Josef Gonzalez, flying the national...

19 juillet, 2018

The cocktail fundraiser in support of Ghana’s all-girls robotics team’s upcoming trip to Mexico City to participate in the FIRST Global international robotics competition was held on Monday, 9th July at the Carbon Luxury Lounge. The event was held in an effort to help the team...

19 juillet, 2018

A team of students from Cayman will travel to Mexico City next month to take part in what is billed as the “robotic Olympics.” This is the first time a Cayman team will attend the annual FIRST Global Challenge. The team includes Cayman Prep and High School...

18 juillet, 2018

Translated from Spanish. We present to you the promising young people who will represent the country in the FIRST Global Challenge 2018. FIRST Global is an international organization that is focused on promoting science, technology and collaboration to improve the environment.  For this reason, the FIRST Global Challenge is held annually, a robotics competition in...

16 juillet, 2018

CITY OF MEXICO (Notimex) - From August 15 to 18, the First Global Challenge 2018 will be held in Mexico City, an event that will bring together young people from more than 160 countries to "solve energy efficiency problems with robots created by them," Grupo Salinas...

13 juillet, 2018

GS Hoy FIRST Global Challenge 2018, the most important robotics competition in the world, will gather this year at the Mexico City Arena of the capital of our country teams from more than 190 countries, between August 16 and 18, with the challenge to solve energy...

12 juillet, 2018

The young Mexicans Angel Berdeja, Jorge Garcia, Herman Sanchez, Santiago García and Frida Sosa were reported ready to participate in the Energy Impact competition at the FIRST Global Challenge 2018 Robotics World Championship, which will be held in CdMx. Around 1,300 young people between 14 and...

11 juillet, 2018

Translated from Spanish. A sucrense team made up of three schoolboys and their tutor was the winner of the 1st National Robotics Tournament that took place today, in Sucre, whose main prize is attending the World Robotics World Championship -- the FIRST Global Challenge, on behalf...

05 juillet, 2018

Translated from French. Young François Lovensky Carl Junior made a name for himself at the first edition of the FIRST Global Challenge. An international competition, initiated in 2017, aimed at young STEM enthusiasts, geeks from all over the world, during which he and his fellow high...

05 juillet, 2018

Translated from French. Robotics is a sector of the future, according to FIRST Global and YUVA Mauritius. Three Mauritian teenagers have been selected to compete in an international robotics competition in Mexico City, Mexico next August. Three Mauritian teenagers keen on robotics will fly to Mexico City,...

25 juin, 2018

Translated from Dutch. Suriname will again participate in the FIRST Global Challenge this year, which will be held from 15 to 18 August 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. The goal of this competition, which is organized every year in another country, is to get more young people...

25 juin, 2018

Translated from Spanish. With the support of the Public Library of Limón Mayor Thomas Benjamín Lynch, a group of young people from Limón will participate in the FIRST Global Challenge 2018, in Mexico City, which brings together 160 countries in a robotics contest. The participation of the...

25 juin, 2018

Translated from Dutch. Suriname will again participate in the FIRST Global Challenge this year, which will be held from 15 to 18 August 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. The goal of this competition, which is organized every year in another country, is to get more young...

25 juin, 2018

Three students from Woodford International School have been selected to represent Solomon Islands in the 2018 FIRST Global Robotics Competition in Mexico City. The competition will take place from August 15-18 at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico. The FIRST Global Challenge is an international robotics event with...

20 juin, 2018

Translated from Spanish. The team called Interconectados won the first place of the First National Robotics Tournament held last Sunday in Sucre, with the participation of 13 other teams from different parts of the country. The new champions are Brayan Durán Toconas (native of Tupiza-Potosí), Eduardo Vargas...

19 juin, 2018

Translated from Vietnamese. With the fire and enthusiasm, the second time to return to the competition FIRST Global Challenge, the Vietnamese team aspires to confirm the stature of Vietnam on the international stage. This year's competition will be held in Mexico in August. Robotics and aspirations spread the...

19 juin, 2018

In two months, student challengers from around the world will be meeting in Mexico to tackle "energy efficiency problems" using robots they've built themselves. The annual FIRST Global is a STEM focused international non-profit that runs international robotics competitions for high schoolers in nearly 160...

15 juin, 2018

Five young ladies have been selected to represent Seychelles in the 2018 FIRST Global Challenge which will take place in Mexico City from August 15-18. Sanjeetha Pillay from Independent School, Amy Joubert of Belonie secondary school, Steffie-Anne Monthy of International school, Trishia Labiche of Praslin Vijay...

13 juin, 2018

FIRST Global, a STEM-focused international nonprofit that organizes an annual international robotics competition for high-school students from around the world, announced that the FIRST Global Challenge 2018 will convene participants from more than 160 countries, Aug. 15-18, at Mexico City’s Arena Ciudad de México to...

13 juin, 2018

Fatemah Qaderyan is a guest of the Oslo Freedom Forum, and I meet her in the lobby of the Grand Hotel, in the heart of the Norwegian capital. From the kitchen, she orders French fries. Why not? I ask her, “Do you like McDonald’s?” Yes, she...

08 juin, 2018

First Lady, Sandra Granger yesterday received a cheque for $636,000 from Minister of Education,  Nicolette Henry on behalf of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana. A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that this sum, which is the first instalment of a...

01 juin, 2018

Translated from Chinese. (Reporter Liao Xueru/Hsinchu Report) 2018 First Global Challenge (FGC) International Tournament in Taiwan, with a total of 10 high school and junior high school students. On the 25th, Qiming University of Science and Technology of China merged technologies, and finally formed a multi-school...

01 juin, 2018

Translated from Romanian. Technology enthusiasts are invited to an unprecedented exhibition of robots created by the best students in Hunedoara County. The locals are invited on Wednesday, May 30, 2018, to the Deva Fortress Park, to see robots made by students representing Hunedoara County at national and...

01 juin, 2018

Five highly talented high school learners have been selected to represent South Africa at the FIRST Global Challenge. The “SpringBots” come from a very diverse background and bring to the team a wealth of academic knowledge, cultural learning and tremendous team spirit. These learners have a passion...

31 mai, 2018

The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) is partnering up with For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Global Higher Education Network to facilitate the First Global Robotics Competitionorganised for high school students around the world. FIRST...

29 mai, 2018

The Afghan robotic girls team returned home after wrapping up a successful tour in Canada and the US.  “We participated in the competition in New Mexico where we won first position and won a gold medal, in Turkey we also came first,” said Leda Azizi, head...

18 mai, 2018

Three Bhutanese will represent the country at the Global Robotic Olympic this year at Arena Ciudad de México, Mexico City. Fabrication laboratory (FabLab) Bhutan has been inviting entries from young enthusiasts to represent the country at the competition that FIRST Global, a global non-governmental organisation holds...

18 mai, 2018

There was no magic involved when the Wizards.exe [Team USA 2018] came home from Detroit with the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship Inspire Award in hand, along with their robot, which took 10th out of 6,000 teams from around the globe. Eleven Montgomery County teenagers have...

18 mai, 2018

As the day for the First Global Challenge nears, Science Technology Engineer and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana is busy working to build a robot that will “wow” judges at this year’s competition in Mexico. Though the final team of six has not yet been selected, a group...

14 mai, 2018

Translated from Albanian. Some young Albanians passionate about engineering, will again represent Albania in the "Robotic Olympics", which will this time be held in Mexico. Albania's participation is facilitated by FIRST, a non-for-profit child-raising organization in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), and offers four...

14 mai, 2018

Young students from around the world will arrive in Mexico City this August to participate in a competition that taps into robotics to tackle global challenges. The inaugural FIRST Global Challenge in 2017 welcomed high-school students from 157 nations; and this year’s event is expected to be...

07 mai, 2018

The mission of the FIRST Global Challenge is to inspire science and technology leadership and innovation in young people from all nations in order to enhance understanding, instill the importance of cooperation, address the world’s most pressing issues, and improve quality of life for all. This...

28 avril, 2018

Pune: A five-member team of Class XII students from the city have been selected to participate in the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Mexico later this year. The competition, which has students of various age-groups competing to prove their skills in robotics, came into limelight last...

25 avril, 2018

Translated from Spanish. Cintia, with her facilitator Marcos Lugo, will travel regularly to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to receive training in the Educabot space. The objective of the meetings of the Argentine team is that, after getting acquainted, they are integrated into a joint work...

24 avril, 2018

The Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has praised the efforts of Team Nigeria to the FIRST Global Robotic Olympics in Washington DC, US in 2017 for their outstanding performance at the challenge. He made the commendation while receiving the six-member team, their project director, mentor and...

23 avril, 2018

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has praised the effort of Team Nigeria to the First Global Robotic Olympics in Washington DC, U.S., in 2017 for its outstanding performance at the challenge. He made the commendation while receiving the six-member team, their project director, mentor and sponsors...

18 avril, 2018

A group of six girls left their families in Afghanistan and travelled for the first time to Canada in January with a dream and a hope. They were determined to build the best robot they could and compete in a variety of robotic competitions including the...

02 avril, 2018

Even though he first got to interact with his first computer when he joined secondary school in 2013, Lewis Wanyeki, 19, was fascinated with technology. He constantly fiddled with his mother’s mobile phone, curious about how it operated. “I dismantled several of my mother’s mobile phones...

30 mars, 2018

Translated from French. Winners at an international competition in Washington, young Malians passionate about robotics are putting their talents to work in a new, brand-new center. Student at the National School of Engineering, Abdoulaziz experiments with electronic fragments in his room ...

29 mars, 2018

In a statement, First Global’s partner, Impact Hub Harare director, Tadzoka Pswarayi, said the money was needed to cover costs of their robot kit, the team’s travel to the competition, training, food and lodging and uniforms among other requirements. “The chance to participate in this competition...

25 mars, 2018

The Afghan Dreamers, an all-teenage-girl robotics team from Afghanistan, made international headlines last year after twice being denied visas to visit the U.S. for the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge, a robotics competition involving more than 2,500 kids from 157 countries. They eventually got permission to...

22 mars, 2018

Burmese nerds hope to attract more talent with the promise of winning gold. WITH recurrent power cuts, limited wifi and poor infrastructures, Myanmar is often regarded as a rather weak country when it comes to technological prowess. Most people struggle installing basic apps on their smartphones,...

18 mars, 2018

While at Harvard, she launched and led the first Zambian robotic team at the FIRST Global, which organises a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). She first heard about the Pan-African Robotics Challenge while channel surfing in...

20 février, 2018

Sara Narimene Boukais discovered last summer that she can change the world. As a member of Algeria’s first-ever robotics team, the 18-year-old spent months designing a machine that can clean polluted water—or, at least, clear a replica of a river littered with colored plastic balls. Sara had...

20 février, 2018