The World Robot Olympiad (WRO) is an annual international robotics competition held in more than 85 nations across the world. This tournament, hosted by the nonprofit organisation World Robot Olympiad Association (WROA), is split into four categories for students aged between 8 to 19 years. It intends to help young people develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in
The Greek robotics team won three medals in the Robotics Olympiad 2021. Credit: First Global Challenge Team / FacebookThe Greek national Robotics team recently won three medals in the Robotics Olympiad, held between June and September. The “First Global Challenge Team Greece” won one gold, one silver and one bronze medals. The Robotics Olympiad First Global…
Greece Wins Gold at Robotics Olympiad for Youngsters
Greece’s golden team with their coaches holding their revolutionary white cane. Credit: plaisio.gr
Greece won gold at the International Robot Olympiad for youngsters which took place digitally earlier this month.
Irida Aggelopoulou, Vasiliki Iliadi and Christos Rentzis, from the PlaisioBots team, won the top prize by creating a “smart” white cane for the blind.
The white cane has a 3-D detection sensor inside it that can warn the user of obstacles that are in the environment. It also can “read” traffic lights, allowing it to be able to tell users when to cross a street.