World Robot Olympiad
It was announced yesterday during the closing ceremony of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) in Jakarta, Indonesia, that Qatar will be hosting the WRO finals in 2015.
The bid to host the 2015 finals is part of the partnership between Maersk Oil Qatar, College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q), the Supreme Education Council and Qatar Petroleum under the GO ROBOT schools programme, which has involved more than 1,500 students in the past two years.
This international competition, which will be held in 2015, will see Qatar welcoming over 2,000 participants from all over the world who will be competig in 36 different teams.
Sheikh Faisal Al Thani, Deputy Managing Director at Maersk Oil Qatar, said: “Congratulations to the whole team. This is an outstanding achievement. Maersk Oil Qatar operates one of the world’s most complex oilfields, offshore at Al Shaheen, so the opportunity to host the World Finals in Qatar will be a fantastic boost for STEM in the country, and a catalyst for even greater local participation and interest in technical disciplines. My hope is that this will encourage many of these students to use their interest in STEM subjects and become future leaders in Qatar’s energy industry.”
There were several teams from all across the world including ten teams from Qatar alone. The winning teams came from countries such as Russia, Malaysia, and the UAE.
Source: The Peninsula
