EDVON Robotics League

Karachi: Saturday, October 20, 2018 around 100 teams from over 80 schools came to take part in the Edvon Robotics League competition, hosted by EDVON Robotics in collaboration with Ignite funded National Incubation Center Karachi to encourage the students to participate in activities related to STEM, and to take part in the league

Coming from a developing country, the youth of Pakistan needs to bridge the gap between them and the rest of the world. Among many technical fields, one is robotics, the advancement in robotics in Pakistan is still in the works. However, Edvon Robotics is one name which is working to effectively engage students in the field of robotics while helping them learn how to design, construct, and program robots. Aside from manufacturing STEM (science, Technology, Engineering and Math) based robotics kit, they also provide courses to increase the level of interest in our youth towards robotics.

Saturday, October 20, 2018. Around 100 teams from over 80 schools came to take part in the Edvon Robotics League competition, hosted by EDVON Robotics in collaboration with National Incubation Center, Karachi to encourage the students to participate in activities related to STEM, and to take part in the league with their own robots. NIC, Karachi and Ignite supported the event to play their part to support the ecosystem where we can produce innovators and entrepreneurs from the schools.

The competition was aimed at students aged 8 to 16, to enhance their learning abilities as well as to develop valuable skill sets, such as critical thinking, problem solving, and team work. The rules of the competition were simple, participants were to use either one of the ProBot or DIY Robotic Kits manufactured by Edvon Robotics and create a line following robot to enter the competition.

The competition was divided into four stages: Knock Out Round: Where the teams competed in a line following knockout track to get to the next round without any time limits. Qualifying Round: Where teams were selected for being the fasted around the track. A Semi Final Round and a Final Round: Where the winner was announced based on the total scores.

The winning team was given a prize of 50,000 PKR not only that, but the participants were also given certificates, awards such as the best performance award and rising star award, as well as a chance for an internship at Edvon Robotics.

Students from Pak-Turk School won the first prize, 2nd prize was awarded to the students from Aga Khan School and last but note the least team from Generation’s School won the third prize.

Such activities are needed not only increase the interest level of our youth towards STEM related fields. children who are exposed to such competitions from a young age will not only have the needed technical skill-set before starting their professional education but will also be able to easily choose their future career path. All of this will increase the technical growth of Pakistan which in turn will increase the economic growth and would ultimately help bridge the gap between Pakistan and other technologically advanced nations.