Now, they are participating in FTC (First Tech Challenge) and have won the Lebanese championship that was held in the American University of Beirut AUB on March 5th and broadcasted on LBCI! Therefore, they have been qualified for the World Festival in USA, St.louis from 27 till 30 April.
FTC is a robotics competition aimed towards high school students planning on becoming future engineers, it increases knowledge about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math), as well as time management and team work. Its purpose is to build a robot made up of heavy duty material known as tetrix, with a maximum size of 45.8 cm cubed (18inch). “We use 12 volt DC motors that can lift over 18 to 25 KG, and servo motors. Each season there is a different theme, this year's theme is Res-Q.” They said during a meeting with Beiruting.com at our premises.