Robots Conquer Burgas: Educational Forum with Over 40 Student Teams

One of the most anticipated educational technology forums opens today at the Congress Center in Burgas. Over 40 student teams from across the country will demonstrate how they create and program robots that perform specific missions and solve real-world case studies.

Months of preparation lie behind all these innovative projects. This year's theme is 'Discovery'. It is dedicated to the study of historical sites, but through the creation of robots.

Blagoy Tsiselkov, organizer: “We have over 40 teams from the country. We also have five international teams. Our visitors will be able to try and see how it works... to program and generally do such cool things that are on the theme of discovery, research, archaeology.”

Some of the tasks are simple, according to him - to take content, to lift it, to discover some artifact.

Blagoy Tsiselkov, organizer: “With the teams, the children themselves, there will be big robot battles. Children who have prepared for 6 months and discover various artifacts, there will be the big battle, which starts in an hour. Visitors will be able to see unique models that tell almost the entire human history from archaeology to the Cosmos.”

The children will be evaluated on 4 key criteria, such as how they work in a team, what the design of their robot is.

Blagoy Tsiselkov, organizer: “Imagine that everyone has the same parts, but what result and how far they will get depends on how great their imagination and engineering thought are. And as a team, do they understand each other, do they support each other, are they people who also help others if they see that they are in trouble. If the neighbor's robot breaks down, if we help him and neglect our mission, we get points, because this is the essence of this festival.”

The festival is held in 110 countries. This year there are guests from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Croatia, Romania, said Tsiselkov.

Our team will go to Greece for an international competition in the final, so there will be a big prize for the team that beats it.