Students tackle water solutions in robot Olympics | #Luxembourg #STEM #Robotics #FGC2017 | Luxembourg (Europe) | Scoop.it
From delano.lu - July 17, 2017 11:49 AM
Starting Monday, a team of high school students from Luxembourg will compete for the first time in the First Global international robotics challenge in Washington.

The Olympics-style challenge is designed to motivate teams of young people from every nation to learn and demonstrate skills in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

This year’s challenge is about providing access to clean drinking water now and in future. While over one billion people do not have reliable access to clean water right now, by 2040 projections suggest that there will be global water shortages.

“These students are doing much more than competing in a robotics game--they are learning that these challenges will only be overcome when people realise we are all on the same team, and that with technology, we can accomplish things we can only imagine by communicating, cooperating, and working together to apply technology as a tool for positive change in the world,” First Global said on its website.

 

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