Environmental Robots at the World Robotics Olympiad
While other children are busy playing with rc helicopters, a few others are busy tinkering with robots with a vision to save the Earth.
These children from Grace Christian Elementary School had a vision of robots that would take care of our environment. They entered it in the World Robotics Olympiad in Yokohama, Japan, under the theme, “Saving Global Environment” — and they won silver, beating over 20 other entries! Other winners are Malaysia, Taiwan, and South Korea.
I saw it in GMA news, with one of the kids, Joseph Aldrin Chua, saying “we’re supposed to engineer a better world - to stop global warming, to stop air pollution.” So with that, they developed the “Greenwhiz Community”, which consists of three areas — the aerial area with the hydrogen powered car; the industrial area where “ice” are manufactured; and the nature area (a robot polices the forest against loggers). The other kid is Edrich Chua, and their coach is Engr. Warren Ongpe.
Congratulations!
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Thank you for encouraging school age children to think creatively about improving the planet. I can not think of anything more important. These children will be growing up quickly and will be helping society to make a better world. This is excellent what you are publicizing and supporting.
I agree, sir. It’s these children who would eventually replace us, cause, we cant be alive forever.
We need to prepare them while their young. Know what, im at my happiest whenever I do lectures for kids, and they seem to enjoy learning about our environment. What I teach may be very basic, but it’s very fulfilling.
We need to encourage our kids.