Event promoting STEM education showcases Zalau high schools awarded robotics projects
Young people passionate about science and technology in Zalau presented their achievements in robotics on Tuesday evening during an event promoting STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) organised by the Salaj County Students' Council.
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The event, hosted in the 'Porolissum' Hall of the Zalau Centre for Culture and Art, brought together the teams Robo LTMV (Mihai Viteazul Technological High School), Brainstorms (Alesandru Papiu Ilarian Technical College) and CNapSys (Silvania National College), giving the public the opportunity to see the robots that have placed Salaj on the map of specialist competitions.
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The main attraction of the event was the demonstration offered by the Brainstorms and CNapSys teams, which recently returned from the Northern Regional of the First Tech Challenge (FTC) Romania, held recently in Bistrita. There, the Brainstorms team secured the position of alliance captain, winning the competition together with the CNapSys team. Both teams have qualified for the national stage, scheduled to take place between 13 and 15 March in Bucharest.
'I believe that the most important aspect of these competitions is, first of all, team coordination, the strategies we create with other teams or among ourselves and, at the same time, testing the robots and improving them,' said Bianca Moldoveanu from CNapSys Zalau.
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The Robo LTMV team presented a pragmatic approach to robotics based on accessibility. Among the projects displayed were a colour sorter, a 3D laser scanner and a vertical robot capable of maintaining its balance on its own.
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'We analyse projects from a different perspective, following the ESE motto: efficiency, simplicity and economy. In practice, our projects must be efficient, simple to build and inexpensive so that anyone can make them, even at home,' explained Mesesan Raul, a member of the Robo LTMV team.
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Present at the event, the mentor teacher of the Brainstorms team, Sergiu Ivan, underlined the importance of extracurricular activities in shaping young people beyond the standard school curriculum.
'It is said that robotics is the future. Wrong. The people who will control the robots, who will create the world of tomorrow, they are the future and we have them here. Extracurricular activities have the capacity to develop skills and abilities much better than standardised curricular activities,' Sergiu Ivan said.
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The event ended on an interactive note, with a demonstration match between the Brainstorms and CNapSys teams, offering a simulation of the intense atmosphere of official robotics competitions. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Sebastian Olaru; EN - writing by: Adina Panaitescu)
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