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Hong Kong Robotic Olympic Association and HKU Faculty of Engineering to hold International Robotic Olympiad 2014

04 Aug 2014

“International Robotic Olympiad 2014” is the robotic competition co-organized by the Hong Kong Robotic Olympic Association and HKU Faculty of Engineering, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), which includes both the Ocean Exploration Competition and the Land-based Robot Competition. It aims to nurture students for innovative mindset and skillset in the area of Robotics Technology, as well as applying technology to solve real-life problems. It also creates a platform to encourage multi-way exchange of ideas between local and overseas schools.

The competition will be held this Wednesday (August 6) at HKU. This year, the competition has attracted a total of over 500 participants from primary and secondary schools who are the winning teams in their homelands, including Malaysia, Thailand, Shanghai, Liaoning, Macau, Hong Kong and so on. They will compete for 65 awards in the primary and secondary school sections respectively.

Media representatives are welcome to join the event, details are as follows:

Date        : August 6, 2014 (this Wednesday)
Time       : 9:00 am to 5:00 competition
                  5:00 pm to 6:30 prize presentation ceremony
Venue    : Loke Yew Hall, HKU
Website : http://robotorghk.blogspot.hk/

List of schools which enter the competition on behalf of Hong Kong (Annex)

For enquiries please contact HKU Faculty of Engineering Ms Jolly Li (Tel: 2241 5953 / E-mail: jollyli@hku.hk) or Communications and Public Affairs Office Ms Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555 / Email: rhea.leung@hku.hk).