An Egyptian team of six students won second place in an international robotics competition, in which more than 1,600 competitors representing 29 countries competed.
Students of the Faculty of Engineering at Suez University succeeded in ascending to the podium in the ROBOT CHALLENGE 2023 competition, which was held in China, after a three-year hiatus for the competition.
The teams participating in the competition compete to present and implement innovative ideas in the field of robotics.
Khaled Mohamed, one of the winning students in the global competition, expressed his joy at winning, saying: “It is an impressive and ideal thing to be among the best in the world, and to raise the flag and name of Egypt high, in an international forum in which thousands of personalities from different countries of the world are present, and to assure everyone that Egypt is full of Distinguished minds.
Khaled added in his interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “The beginning was when an invitation was made to the university to compete with the rest of the world’s universities, because of our participation in the past in a number of local and international competitions. Since then, we are determined to obtain a medal among the three best in the world and not to be Honorable post only.
Khaled is studying alongside 4 students from the fourth-year winners in the Department of Power Mechanics at the Faculty of Engineering, Suez University, namely Abdullah Muhammad, Islam Mahmoud, Mustafa Badr and Muhammad Saleh, while the sixth student, Abdul Rahman Jalal, studies in the second year, the Department of Power Electricity.
WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ROBOT CHALLENGE?
• Similar to the famous sport of sumo, but in the field of robots, where there is a ring in which two robots compete, each trying to get the other out of the ring.
• During the competition, the design is tested in terms of strength, mechanical skills, tactics and game strategies, as well as programming and maneuverability.
• The method of the competition is similar to football tournaments, where the participants are divided into groups, from which the first and second place holders qualify.
• The teams then compete in a knockout system, until reaching the top three positions.
The Egyptian team was able to win all the matches, and topped its group, but lost the final against the Chinese team, which Khaled described, saying: “This team is the most difficult team we have faced, as they have great experience in the robotics industry, along with the Taiwan and Thailand teams, as these countries are very advanced.” in the robot industry.
Khaled continued, saying: “There is a stage in which the robot’s dimensions, weight, and a number of technical things are measured, and there are referees who make very accurate calculations, and we had a very slight increase of about 2 millimeters, and we were given 30 minutes to adjust it.”
The Suez University team has a common dream, to complete the path they started in the field of robots and manufacture more of them in Egypt, but they indicated that they faced some difficulties represented in the financial financing of the project and the cost of production, but they believe that this dream will be able to be achieved in the coming years.
2023-08-15 21:04:46
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