المملكة: Technical and agricultural innovations… Al-Ahsa concludes the qualifiers for the international robot competition
The College of Technology in Al-Ahsa Governorate hosted the preliminary qualifiers for the “RoboRAVE” World Robot Championship in the Eastern Region, with the participation of more than 110 male and female contestants representing 36 teams, to qualify for the national finals in Riyadh.
The competitions were organized Diverse competitive tracks, targeting four educational stages, including primary, middle, secondary, and university.
RoboRAVE International Competition
RoboRAVE is one of the most prominent global competitions in the field of educational robotics, as it is based on learning by doing, and presents an integrated system of technical and engineering challenges, including speed challenges, line tracking, maze, sumo, and robotic football, in addition to tracks of innovation, entrepreneurship, game design, and sites, which contributes to developing the engineering, programming and creative skills of participants in a stimulating competitive environment.
The competition also targets multiple age groups, extending from primary to university levels, in a way that enhances the discovery and development of technical talent through an integrated path.
The preliminary qualifiers witnessed the participation of male and female trainees from Technical training, along with male and female education students in the region in various age groups, as part of a preliminary stage to select the qualifying teams.
During the competitions, a number of teams qualified in various challenges to represent the Eastern Region in the final qualifiers next Wednesday in Riyadh, with the winners among them qualifying to represent the Kingdom in the global competition that will be held in the State of Japan.
Empowering National Competencies
The Dean of the College, Eng. Abdullah bin Ibrahim, confirmed Al-Duhailan told (Al-Youm) that hosting these qualifiers represents an extension of the college’s role in supporting the technical innovation system and empowering national competencies, noting that the competition contributes to building qualitative capabilities among participants and enhancing their presence in global competitions, in line with the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
He explained that the qualifiers were held in conjunction with similar competitions in Jeddah and Riyadh, and the competition includes four educational categories including the primary, middle, secondary, and university levels, where the qualifiers conclude today. To choose the teams that qualify for the finals that will be held in Riyadh, adding that the competition is of great importance in developing the skills of participants in the fields of programming, artificial intelligence, engineering, and teamwork, through various challenges and paths, such as programming a robot to walk on specific paths and carry out various technical tasks, which contributes to preparing students for international competitions in the future.
The competitions include innovative paths aimed at designing robots that provide service and development solutions, and support concepts of sustainability, noting that the winning and qualifying teams from The Al-Ahsa qualifiers will move to the Riyadh finals, before the Kingdom’s representatives are selected to participate in the international finals that will be held in Japan.
Review of students’ contributions
While the competition witnessed a number of participating students showcasing their innovations that caught attention, expressing their happiness with this participation.
Yahya Al-Hamoud, a student in the third intermediate year, said, “I participate in the competition with an innovative project called the Privacy Cube, which is a smart device that aims to educate users about how companies deal with their personal data in a simple and easy way.” Understanding.
The device works by selecting the application or platform whose details you want to know, to display to the user the type of data that is collected, such as geographical location data, visual and audio data, and other information. It also explains the purpose of using this data, whether in increasing sales, research, product development, or advertising.
The project also shows who can access that information, and whether the data is public or private, in addition to specifying the location of data centers and the countries in which the information is stored. It also contains a color indicator that shows the duration of data retention; The red color indicates storing data for a period of six months or more, while other colors indicate shorter periods. He explained that the project targets children, the elderly, and non-specialized people, stressing that in the future the device will be developed in terms of size and made water-resistant to suit use in multiple places such as kitchens and bathrooms. Serving the agricultural sector and raising the efficiency of field operations by controlling it via the web and linking it to a central database.
The robot relies on sending and receiving data to measure the percentage of humidity and water throughout the agricultural land, by analyzing the information coming from the robot and linking it to the electronic system, explaining that the project is consistent with the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 in developing the agricultural sector, and promoting the use of modern technologies and artificial intelligence to achieve sustainability and raise productivity.
He pointed out that the current model is still developable in the future, and there is an ambition to work on integrating it with aircraft. “Drone” is used as a scanner for agricultural areas and for agricultural monitoring, as it identifies locations or problems on the farm and sends the data to the robot, which autonomously heads to the specified location to carry out the tasks of measuring water and humidity levels and makes the decision directly.
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