Bhubaneswar: Odisha bagged two awards in the World Robotics Championship 2022 held at New Delhi on August 21 and 22.
Robo-Odisha, the team of 10 students from Kiddy Kids Premium School, Jajpur Road, Jajpur along with Captain Rasmita Mohanty and Manas Ranjan Mohanty, Principal of the school participated in the event. The team bagged the first prize War Robot design and second prize in the Junior Robo Race Challenge Competition. This is the First International Award for Odisha in World Robotics Championships held so far.
The team comprising Anikesh Dash, Ayush Nayak, Sarbojeet Mohapatra, Purujit Padhi, Hrishiraj Haibru, Kishore Kumar Jyotish, Anwesh Panda, Mayank Kumar Gupta, GM Kamya and Sarah Mohanty had started preparing their robots 3 months back in the school’s Robotic Lab.
As remarked by the match referee and president of All India Council Of Robotics & Automation, the team’s Robot was the only World Class Designed Robot in the entire event. The Team was felicitated with cash awards, certificates and trophies for their achievement.
More than 1000 teams from India and 11 outside countries participated in various competitions in the two-day championship.
