Winners received prizes at the sixth MYOR Robot Assembling and Programming Competition for primary, secondary and high school students nationwide held in HCM City on June 12. — Photo courtesy of organisers

HCM CITY — A total of 101 teams with 186 contestants from 65 schools nationwide competed in the final round of the sixth MYOR Robot Assembling and Programming Competition for primary, secondary and high school students held in HCM City on Monday (June 12).

The final round of the competition took place at the HCM City University of Natural Sciences under Việt Nam National University - HCM City (VNU-HCM) in District 5.

MYOR, an annual competition for students who are interested in STEM Robotics, was co-organised by the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of HCM City and GaraSTEM Education Technology Joint Stock Company. The HCYU of HCM City’s Youth Promotion Science and Technology Centre is the standing committee of the competition organisation board.

With the theme "Green Environment", the competition aims to help contestants to better understand the importance of environmental protection and waste recycling to create a green environment for everyone, and seek appropriate solutions in terms of technology and robots through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.

STEM education is an interdisciplinary and applied approach, helping students develop comprehensively both physically and intellectually the essential skills needed to thrive in life generally.

It creates a fun and useful engineering and technology playground for students to improve their knowledge of STEAM Robotics, and promotes creativity, learning and research among them.

The competition focuses on the three main parts of assembling, controlling and programming robots to resolve issues related to environmental protection and green environment. 

Contestants competed in the final round of the sixth MYOR Robot Assembling and Programming held in HCM City on June 12. — Photo courtesy of organisers

 The contestants were divided into three groups: elementary school students, secondary school students and high school students.

The competition organisation board awarded the winners in each group, including a first prize worth VNĐ3 million (US$127), a second prize worth VNĐ2 million ($85), a third prize worth VNĐ1 million ($42), seven consolation prizes worth VNĐ700,000 ($30) each, and five potential prizes worth VNĐ500,000 ($21) each.

There were also two championships worth VNĐ22 million ($932) each for the best robot controller and the best robot programmer, including a cash prize of VNĐ3.5 million ($148) and a package worth VNĐ18.5 million ($784) to participate in a contest in Singapore; and three gifts to the best robot designs.

MYOR 2023 attracted 450 registered teams, including 200 teams from HCM City, equivalent to more than 1,000 candidates from 180 schools nationwide.

The winners will have a chance to join the MYOR international competition to be held in Singapore, with contestants from four countries - Việt Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore. — VNS