Two Libyan high school robotic teams received the Judges Choice Award in recognition of their outstanding performance at the World Robotics Championship in Houston, USA, held on 19-23 April.
The Libyan delegation included two teams from Tripoli, (Al-Mukhtar) and (Lybotics Scout), besides (Lybotics Super) from Benghazi, all aged between 12-18, the general coordinator for Lybotics Mohammed Zaid told The Libya Observer Thursday.
The mentor of the Lybotics Super team, which won the award along with the Mukhtar team, said his team has been working hard since January, and the students were up to the challenge of building their robots.
The group competed with the top 160 robotics teams from all over the world.
"That means they are among the top teams, which accounts for only about 2% worldwide," Ziad noted.
In the competition, engineering students are challenged to build movement mechanisms, which focus on directions and speed.
"The robots have specific tasks to accomplish in the competition, including moving, lifting cones, and placing them in tubes of different heights," Ziad explains.
He confirmed that the teams faced several difficulties, including an unfortunate incident when they lost the main robot during air freight, which eliminated them from qualifying for the next stage.