On April 25, the Escola de Enxeñaría Industrial hosted the 10th anniversary of its well-established Robotics Competition, an event that each year brings together students, professors, and automation and engineering enthusiasts.
The event was well received both in participation and in anticipation.
We didn’t want to miss this key meeting with the future of the Galician tech sector, and we were there closely supporting the participating teams and sharing insights with the educational community.
A Day to Celebrate Robotics
The competition, organized by the Electronic Technology Area of the EEI, once again proved to be a perfect platform to test students’ technical skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities.
During the event, teams competed in various categories, including line-following challenges, robot battles, mazes, and free innovation demonstrations.
Line-following challenges.
Great anticipation for the robot battles.
These challenges not only allow students to apply what they’ve learned in class, but also to tackle real-world industry problems, such as autonomous navigation, task execution precision, and sensor integration.
Compy as Inspiration for New Educational Challenges
Although we did not compete directly, we wanted to add value to this event by proposing a special challenge to the professors and team coordinators during the award ceremony.
This challenge, focused on the use of the educational mobile robot “Compy”, aimed to inspire new ideas for classroom applications and encourage the use of mobile and autonomous technologies in educational settings.
Compy has established itself as a versatile tool for teaching programming, perception, navigation, and applied logic concepts.
Proposing it as a base for future exercises or competitions allows its potential to be explored in both vocational training and university education.
Education and Technological Vocation: Our Driving Force
Participating as observers in this competition also allowed us to confirm what we already suspected: robotics is in good hands. The new generation of students comes full of ideas, passion, and commitment.
The future of robotics is secure.
We want to congratulate all the participants and teaching staff for their involvement. And, of course, reaffirm our commitment to technological education: we will continue developing tools like Compy to facilitate learning and will be present wherever the future of automation is being inspired.