Sixty-nine schools have registered for the first edition of the EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS OLYMPICS, promoted by the General Direction for School Curricula and Educational Assessment and the Fondazione Mondo Digitale. The teams come from 17 Italian regions. The first edition of the Robotics Olympics will take place in parallel with the tenth edition of RomeCup – Excellence in Robotics in Rome (March 16-18).
The competition entitled “Champions’ Factory” addresses second-degree secondary school students to promote and encourage the use of the didactic potential of robotics. Participants will build a robotic champion, a working prototype capable of competing in international robotics competitions. The prototypes selected by the scientific committee will be showcased at the three-day RomeCup event (Rome, March 16-18), while the awards ceremony will be held in Parma on May 24 as part of the Maifest, the inaugural evening of the SPS IPC Drives Italia Fair, dedicated to technology for electrical and industrial automation.
The final phase of the Robotics Olympics will host 56 projects (one project comes from an Italian school abroad) in four categories: Exploration, Rescue, Dance and Football.
Region
Number
Campania
13
Lazio
12
Veneto
7
Sicily
5
Piedmont
4
Abruzzi
3
Emilia Romagna
2
Puglia
2
Tuscany
2
Calabria
1
Liguria
1
Lombardy
1
Marche
1
Molise
1
Turkey
1
Total
56
The technical-scientific committee includes:
- Edvige Mastantuono, MIUR – Manager, Office I - General Direction for School Curricula and Educational Assessment – President;
- Caterina Spezzano, Professor, General Direction for School Curricula and Educational Assessment;
- Alfonso Molina, Scientific Director, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
- Francesca Del Duca, Robotics Area Manager, Fondazione Mondo Digitale;
- Arturo Baroncelli, Engelberger Prize. Past President - International Federation of Robotics. SIRI Councillor (Italian Robotics and Automation Association);
- Giovanni Legnani, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia and Vice President SIRI (Italian Robotics and Automation Association);
- Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director, Italian Institute of Technology;
- Giorgio Metta, Director, iCub Facility and Deputy Scientific Director, Italian Institute of Technology;
- Carlo Marchisio, President of the Scientific Committee, SPS IPC Drives Italia Fair;
- Roberto Borchia, Computer Science Professor, IIS Q. Sella, Biella.
