Interesting Robocon contest for students

Creative playground

The contest is organized into 3 rounds. In round 1, there were 28 robots from 25 schools divided into 9 groups. For 3 minutes, each robot performs freestyle dances. On the vibrant music background, many robots are not only meticulously and beautifully designed, but also perform rich movements. In round 2, 18 robots selected from round 1 were divided into 6 groups to continue performing dances on music from slow to fast or vice versa given by the Organizing Committee. The robots have to adjust the speed of their movements to match the rhythm of the music. At the end of the 2nd round, 8 robots were selected to participate in the 3rd round, in turn presenting solo performances for 3 minutes. The performance of a cute robot wearing a conical hat of Team 4, Nguyen Van Troi High School (Nha Trang City) with cute, flexible movements, rhythmically swaying to the beat of the music convinced the judges and audience to win first prize.

Robot product won the first prize of Nguyen Van Troi High School.

It is known that the participating robots are designed and installed from motors, sensors, and motherboards developed by the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City. Sponsored by Ho Chi Minh. In addition, teams can purchase other equipment and supplies to increase the aesthetic and technical aspects of their robots. Nguyen Anh Thao Vy – class 10A1 Nguyen Van Troi High School, a member of Team 4 shared: “I and my friends in the team are very excited to participate in the contest. We can apply the knowledge of many subjects such as: Informatics, Physics, Mathematics and have the freedom to be creative to design products. In the process of designing and programming so that the robot can perform the movements in a harmonious and beautiful way, we have tinkered and learned a lot of good and useful knowledge.”

Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Hanh – Physics teacher at Nguyen Van Troi High School shared: “In the process of brainstorming ideas to optimize the robot’s movements, writing programming for the robot to operate, testing…, The students had the opportunity to discuss, discuss, share and learn from each other, thereby better understanding their passion and potential for science.” According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thai – Physics teacher at Ton Duc Thang High School (Ninh Hoa town), the contest is an interesting new playground for students. They have tinkered, created, and calculated technical factors to create products, thereby promoting positivity, enhancing thinking ability and improving teamwork spirit.

Promoting STEM education in schools

Vo Hoan Hai – Director of the Department of Education and Training said that experiential activities related to the field of STEM (Science – Science; Technology – Technology; Engineering – Engineering; Mathematical – Math) are always appreciated by the department. thoroughly to high schools to implement each topic and theme in the school year, contributing to realizing the goals of the 2018 General Education Program. In April, the department cooperated with the University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City organized 8 training sessions, fostering STEM education for teachers and high school students to improve teaching and practice capacity, and design STEM lessons. Students and teachers have learned about design thinking, designing actuators in robots, motors and sensors in robots, electrical circuit design, robot programming, product design. This Robocon contest aims to apply learned knowledge, create a real-life experience environment for teachers and students, thereby encouraging them to actively approach, create, and explore new knowledge. This is also a premise for the department to organize a larger Robocon contest for high school students in the school year 2023-2024.

It is known that also in the school year 2023-2024, a STEM education training program and a Robocon competition will be held for junior high school. In addition, the Department of Education and Training will continue to organize annual professional training courses for administrators and teachers. “The Department encourages schools to establish and organize STEM clubs, STEM festivals, fun science STEM… inspired by familiar objects, or phenomena that occur in daily life to create more playgrounds for students to experience, helping them understand that scientific products can directly serve life,” said Mr. Vo Hoan Hai.

At the end of the contest, the Organizing Committee awarded the first prize to Team 4 of Nguyen Van Troi High School (Nha Trang City); second prize: Pham Van Dong High School, Hoang Van Thu High School (Nha Trang City); third prize: Vo Nguyen Giap High School (Dien Khanh District), Huynh Thuc Khang High School (Van Ninh District); Consolation prizes: Nguyen Thien Thuat High School, Team 5 of Nguyen Van Troi High School (Nha Trang City), Tran Cao Van High School (Ninh Hoa town).