Five Bengaluru students make it to 'Robotics Olympics' in Panama

Five students from government schools in Bengaluru are set to represent India at the FIRST Global Challenge, an international robotics competition to be held in Panama.

Dubbed the 'Robotics Olympics', the event will feature students from over 180 countries competing in a global challenge that combines innovation, teamwork, and technology.

Each nation sends a team to design and programme a robot to tackle tasks inspired by some of the world’s biggest sustainability and scientific challenges.

The Bengaluru team includes Ningaraj, Parashuram M, and Arjun K Raj — all Class 11 students from the Government High School, Malleswaram, 18th Cross. They will be joined by their schoolmate Gouresh K, a Class 10 student, and GN Chandan Raj, a Class 9 student from AVD High School.

All five students were trained at the Amazon Future Engineer Makerspace, operated by The Innovation Story, after being selected through the ATAL Tinkering Lab at Malleswaram.

The competition, hosted in a different country each year, promotes STEM learning and international collaboration among young innovators.

Former minister and Malleswaram MLA Dr CN Ashwath Narayan flagged off the students’ journey during a ceremony held in Bengaluru on Saturday.