The Highest Performer in Primary Category was given to the team RoboX, Shiv Nadar School Noida and in Secondary Category to team Iron Technics, Apeejay School Pitampura
Over 50 teams from 22 schools participated
Robocop_ShivNadarSchool_Nikhil Sunderasan, Aditi Gangadharan and Mudit (L to R)
Monday, 20 December, 2016: Shiv Nadar School, a part of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, announced the successful conclusion of the North Zone Championships of the renowned RoboCupJunior, a project oriented education initiative that organizes robotic events for young students across the world. Organized by the Indian RoboCup Junior Foundation on December 17-18, the competition witnessed participation from over 22 schools across North India. The winning teams will compete in the Indian National competition to be held in January, 2017. The team that wins the nationals will be given an opportunity to take part in the international competition, be held in Japan in July, 2017
The participating teams’ robots were judged on their ability to successfully negotiate rooms, hallways, ramps and hazards (gaps in the line, speed bump, intersections and obstacles) without human interaction. The robots had to successfully complete the challenge called the Rescue Mission where they had to locate natural disaster victims from within a building, where waiting rescue personnel required robotic assistance due to the high degree of potential danger. The robot was required to be fully autonomous and carry out the mission without any assistance. On locating the victim, the robots needed to carefully transport the victim back to the safe zone.
The competition was divided into two age categories – Primary (for ages 11 – 14 years) and Secondary (for 14 – 19 years). The winners selected for the Nationals included:
· Primary Category: Highest Performer given to Team RoboX from the Shiv Nadar School, Noida. Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad; DAV School Ludhiana, Grain Chamber Public School New Additionally teams from Mandi Muzaffarnagar and Bal Bharti Public School also qualified for the Nationals
· Secondary Category: Highest Performer given to Team Iron Technics from Apeejay School Pitampura. Additionally, teams from Mothers International School, DAV School and Ahlcon Public School also qualified for the Nationals
Shiv Nadar School, Noida hosted over 200 students and their mentors from over 50 schools during the two-day championship. The competition offered students an opportunity to develop technical abilities through hand-on experience with electronics, hardware and software, and to learn about teamwork while sharing technology with each other. Some of the participating schools included, Shiv Nadar Schools, Delhi Public School, R K Puram, Lotus Valley International School, Army Public School (Dhaula Kuan), Mother’s International School and Mt. Carmel School.
Speaking on the occasion, Col Gopal Karunakaran, CEO, Shiv Nadar School said, “We at the Shiv Nadar School lay great emphasis on ‘Learning by Doing’ and the RoboCup Junior offers a wonderful opportunity for students to develop their technical prowess, creativity and problem solving skills through hands-on experience. The competition not only brought out both the cooperative and competitive aspects of the young participants but also offered them an incredibly exciting learning environment with some great experiences to take back home.”
RoboCup Junior inculcates interest in S.T.E.M Education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and brings together young people from all over the world through an educational robotics competition.
About Shiv Nadar School
The Shiv Nadar School is a not-for-profit initiative of the Shiv Nadar Foundation in K12 private education to deliver educational excellence and provide education for life. The Shiv Nadar School will provide students an environment that challenges them into discovering their talent and skills. A culture of creativity will inspire the joy of learning among students. The schools will nurture ethical, respectful, happy and purposeful citizens of society.
About RoboCupJunior:
RoboCupJunior is a project-oriented educational initiative that sponsors local, regional and international robotic events for young students. It is designed to introduce RoboCup to primary and secondary school children, as well as undergraduates who do not have the resources to get involved in the senior leagues yet. The focus of the Junior league lies on education. The tournament offers to the participants the chance to take part in international exchange programs and to share the experience of meeting peers from abroad.
RoboCupJunior offers several challenges, each emphasizing both cooperative and competitive aspects. For young students, RoboCupJunior provides an exciting introduction to the field of robotics, a new way to develop technical abilities through hands-on experience with electronics, hardware and software, and a highly motivating opportunity to learn about teamwork while sharing technology with friends. In contrast to the one-child-one-computer scenario typically seen today, RoboCupJunior provides a unique opportunity for participants with a variety of interests and strengths to work together as a team to achieve a common goal.
About Shiv Nadar Foundation
The Shiv Nadar Foundation (www.ShivNadarFoundation.org) has been established by Shiv Nadar, Founder, HCL - a $6.5 billion leading technology and healthcare enterprise. The Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the process of national development and social transformation by establishing institutions and undertaking new initiatives in the fields of education and culture. The Foundation is committed to the creation of a more equitable, merit based society by empowering individuals to bridge the socio-economic divide through philanthropy-based transformational education.
The Foundation set up the SSN Institutions (www.SSN.edu.in) in 1996, comprising the SSN College of Engineering (already a highly ranked private engineering college in India), in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The Foundation has also set up VidyaGyan, a residential leadership academy for meritorious rural children, at Bulandshahr and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, the Foundation runs the Shiv Nadar University (www.snu.edu.in), an international multi-disciplinary university with strong research orientation located in Greater Noida in India’s National Capital Region and the Shiv Nadar School (www.shivnadarschool.edu.in), a network of progressive urban schools across India aimed to provide children with education that creates lifelong learners. The Foundation has also set up the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (www.knma.in), India’s largest private philanthropic museum in modern and contemporary art with the vision to take art to the common public.