Vietnamese students win world's largest robot tournament

On the evening of October 10, the Vietnamese team excellently won the first Gold Medal in the country's history at the FGC World Robotics Tournament.

The team consists of 9 students selected from the Vietnam Robotics Challenge 2023. They come from 6 high schools in Hanoi, Hung Yen, and Hai Phong. The team leader is Mr. Le Ngoc Tuan, an IoT and robotics technology expert.

Sharing with reporters, Mr. Le Ngoc Tuan said that the robot of the Vietnamese team in 2023 weighs about 20kg, built on a system of 4 independent motion transmission motors.

“Our students' robots have superior moving speed, are integrated with many interesting and flexible features, and were also impressed and highly appreciated by the judges. The Vietnamese robot is one of the top 20 robots highly appreciated by the judges for its innovation ability. This is one of the few robots with many features and a very solidly designed structure. The robot was designed by young people over 2 months, from simulation software to design and continuous improvement right at the gym in Singapore."

Mr. Tuan further analyzed: "On the contrary, one of the weaknesses of the Vietnamese team is also the many features and diversity in tactics, so the robot is very heavy. To ensure good competition speed, you have improved the main part to have up to 4 engines and become one of the flexible robots. The design of the Vietnamese team is highly appreciated in the details of ball retrieval, especially the very fast ball retrieval speed and in difficult angles."

Mr. Do Hoang Son, a member of the Vietnam STEM Alliance, commented that the 2023 Vietnamese robot team performed exceptionally well, winning the World Championship title at the FGC 2023 - a tournament considered the world robotics Olympic for homemade robots with each dimension not exceeding 50cm x 50cm x 50cm.

“This achievement was very difficult to achieve, because the tournament had the participation of 190 countries. This is considered the greatest STEM achievement in Vietnam’s history to date. This result of the young people will contribute to raising the level of STEM education. It also shows that the education sector needs to pay more attention and create more favorable conditions for STEM development activities in schools,” said Mr. Son.

This year's FIRST Global Challenge took place over three days, from October 8 to October 10 in Singapore, with more than 190 countries participating. The competition is considered the world's largest robotics Olympics for high school students.

In 2023, FIRST Global Challenge is held with the theme Hydrogen Horizons - a hot global topic of interest to many people.

FIRST Global Challenge (FGC) is an annual international robotics competition organized by FIRST Global, in which a team of high school students representing each country is invited to participate. The competition is organized around the theme of global challenges, thereby promoting STEAM education and finding solutions to the biggest challenges facing the planet.