Team CZECHIA at the world youth roboticists competition in Athens

27.09.2024 / 13:37 | Aktualizováno: 02.10.2024 / 13:46

The international youth robotics competition FIRST Global Challenge 2024 took place for the first time in Greece. With the initiative of the Ministry of Digital Governance, students aged 14 to 18 from 193 countries around the world, together with a group of refugees, met in Athens from 26 to 29 September 2024 to compete in robotics, programming, artificial intelligence, research and innovation. Among the participants was also a team Czechia composed of robotics enthusiasts from the International School of Prague (ISP).

The theme of the FIRST Global Challenge 2024 was "Feeding the Future", that means finding innovative solutions how to reduce food waste and ensure sustainable food production. In the first part of the competition, international teams presented innovative projects reflecting the problems of their countries and in the second, competitive part, they built their robots.

The Embassy of the Czech Republic is proud that the team CZECHIA 2024 of fourteen students from the International School of Prague was among the young robotics talents from 193 countries who met in Athens.

Members of the team CZECHIA at the opening ceremony of the FIRST Global Challenge in Athens

Delegations of young roboticists from 193 countries at historic Olympic Stadium of Athens