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On October 1^st U.S. local time, World Educational Robot Contest (WER) 2017 US Open took place at Valencia High School located at California. American participants from both China and the U.S. competed excitedly. Distinguished guests such as Prof. Jake Mendelssohn, founder of WERS and Mr. Cameron Zadeh, Chairman of WER US Organizing Committee presented and watched the contest. Over 100 teams, 300 contestants from China and local communities have participated in this contest.

(Competition Site)

(Prof. Jake interviewed by CCTV)

It’s show time for robots!

Themed “Industrial Age”, as other contests of WER 2017 season, this US Open still adopted the brick robot-centered system. The contest is divided into arena contest, extended tasks and team display. The arena contest is in the form of “4+3——4 preset tasks and 3 additional tasks. The 3 additional tasks were announced at the test stage, which revealed the principle of “It’s a contest among students rather than coaches”.

(Team members discussing the strategies)

At the venue, through brick attachment and programming, students made their costumed robots, which later became miners, architects and workers, working hard to complete a series of simulate tasks such as ore mining, iron tower building, railway building, metal smelting, goods transportation and even vapor machine improvement.

(Prof. Jake discussing with participants)

Creation display, see kids’ passion

The teams’ creation display is another exciting section. It includes not only the decoration of their team posters, but also the video selection of “My Robot Partner” made by participants.

(CCTV interviewing participants)

The videos with creative thoughts put kids’ imagination, their passion in robotic study and the achievement of studying robotics into full play.

(Creative posters)

With the expansion of WER, more and more kids and adolescents are able to get in touch with this top robotic contest. The enormous educational value has also been widely accepted and recognized by the international society.

(Young winners)

The WER US Open has provided robot fans, whether home or abroad, with excellent opportunities to communicate. Children gained unforgettable memory, and also friendships. Not long after, some of them will see each others again at WER World Championships on November in Shanghai, China!

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From September 23 to 24, 2017, Croatia local time, World Educational Robot Contest (WER)2017 Croatia Tournament took place at the capital Zagreb. Over 100 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia gathered to present their supreme skills.

Hosted by WERS, co-undertaken by WER Croatia Organizing Committee, IRIM and Croatian Maker League, this contest aims at promoting the local scientific and technological innovative education and help with the innovative ability cultivation of local children.

(Distinguished guests presented at the contest, from left to right: Senior Consultant of Ministry of Education ŽarkoBošnjak, Senior Consultant of Ministry of Education Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Technical Consultant Vlado Lendvari, Mila Jelavić, Director of Culture and Sports Office of Ministry of Education, Tome Antičić, General Secretary of State Consul, General Superintendent of IRIM Paolo Zenzerović and WER General Secretary He Ting)

The theme of the contest is “Industrial Age”. At the venue, participants’ robots turn into miners, architects and workers during the period of the Industrial Revolution and accomplished simulation tasks such as ore mining, iron tower building, metal smelting, goods carriage and even steam engine improvement. Their imagination and creativity are all put into full play.

(Dedicated boys, handsome boys)

（This is quite tough, do some brainstorm…）

（Hi, Guy! You are so happy!）

(See what we have made!)

(Awarding moment)

Five winning teams of this contest will directly rise to the WER 2017 World Champions, from which, three are from Croatia, one is from Bosnia and Herzegovina and one is from Serbia. Look forward to their performance in November at the WER World Championships in Shanghai.