Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The Saudi Federation for Robotics and Wireless Sports announced the start of an intensive training camp to develop the skills of male and female students in the intermediate and secondary stages who have qualified to represent Saudi Arabia in the World Robot Olympiad "WRO 2024", which will be held at Tuwaiq Academy in Riyadh from November 18 to 25.

This is in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Tuwaiq Academy, and Tatweer Education Technologies Company to stimulate innovation in robotics and artificial intelligence and enhance students’ capabilities to face future challenges using technology.

The intensive camp includes a variety of training and educational activities.

The students are trained under the supervision of a number of experts and specialists to come up with creative solutions that contribute to achieving the Olympics’ goals of reducing damage caused by natural disasters and discovering the most prominent green alternatives to everyday products, represented in the following technical tracks: Robot Missions, Robot Sports, Future Innovators, Future Engineers.

"WRO" is a global technology competition held annually with the participation of different age groups from all over the world. The Saudi robotics team achieved advanced positions in the previous version of the competition, which was held in Panama.