Triumph of Robotics in BurgasThe team "Mechano" from the Professional High School of Mechanical Electrical Engineering and Electronics in Burgas won the national robotics festival First Lego League Challenge. With this success, the team will represent Bulgaria at the international final in Greece, announced the organizers from the Center for Creative Education, the "Future Inventors" Foundation, and the Municipality of Burgas.
This year, the theme of the event was "Discovery". Over 60 teams from 20 locations across the country gathered at the Congress Center in the seaside city, with the total number of participants exceeding 800 people. The festival also attracted international participation with teams from Kazakhstan, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan.
In the "Chernomorie" hall, exciting robot battles took place, and the accompanying program included Lego exhibitions and interactive zones for digital literacy.Innovation in the Service of History
The "Mechano" team was outstanding for developing a revolutionary device for processing marine archaeological artifacts. The project automates the desalination process of objects retrieved from the sea using specialized sensors:
- Conductivity sensors;
- Temperature sensors;
- Water level sensors.
The development was realized in close cooperation with archaeologists, highlighting the importance of technological innovations in science.
Other Winners and Awards
In second place came the Zentix team from the Robopartans school (Varna), while third place was earned by Power Vortex from the "Panayot Volov" Primary School (Shumen).
Other important awards were:
- "Core Values": Qwerty 2 team (Razgrad);
- "Innovative Project": Breaking Bots team (Lom);
- "Robot Design": V_spike Force (Haskovo);
- "Robot Game": Lego Hub (Gabrovo).
The festival also marked the official announcement of the "Future Inventors" Foundation as a direct partner of the First Lego League in Bulgaria.