An 18-member Bangladesh team for the 25th International Robot Olympiad has been announced. The members of this team are – William Carey Academy student Jaima Jahin Wara, Navy Anchorage School and College student Mahrooz Mohammad Ayman, Mastermind English Medium School student Nasheetat Zainah Rahman and Fatin Al Habib Nafis, Birshrestha Munsi Abdur Rauf Public College student Prapa Halder, South Point School & College Student Marzia Afifa Prithivi, Vikarunnisa Noon School & College Student Samia Mehnaz, Maisha Sobhan, Sadia Akhtar Swarna and Afrida Zara Maisha, Chittagong Cantonment Public College Student Misbah Uddin Inan, WCA Higher Secondary Girls School Student Nusaiba Tazrin Tanisha, a Student of Notre Dame College Mashkur Malik Mostafa, Mirzapur Cadet College student Mahir Tajwar Chowdhury, Dhaka Residential Model College student An-Nafiu and Rubaiyat Habib Rahman, Hardco International School student Namia Roujat Nubala and Khandkar Shamil Mahadi Bin Khalid.
Before this, the online selection phase of Bangladesh Robot Olympiad was held on September 13-17 and the national phase of Bangladesh Robot Olympiad was held on September 29-30. A three-day residential international team selection camp was organized in the capital Dhaka on October 13-15 with the winners of the Robot in Movie, Creative Category, Physical Computing and Drone Maze categories of the national level. There, every student is screened and further trained in various aspects of robotics by a team of trainers from the academic and industrial sectors of robotics. Then the Bangladesh team for the International Robot Olympiad is decided by analyzing the students’ eligibility performance on various criteria.
Robot Olympiad is being organized in Bangladesh since 2018. Bangladesh Robot Olympiad is jointly organized by Directorate of Information and Communication Technology, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering of Dhaka University and Bangladesh Open Source Network under the patronage and inspiration of Information and Communication Technology Department of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
This 18-member Bangladesh team selected for the International Robot Olympiad will represent Bangladesh in the 25th International Robot Olympiad to be held in Athens, Greece in January 2024.
