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WRO MissionWorld Robot Olympiad brings together young people all over the
world to develop their creativity and problem solving skills through
challenging and educational robotics competitions
Kiev Abu Dhabi Moscow
WRO organization (1)WRO is registered in Singapore. Office supported by Science Center Singapore.
The highest WRO authority is the WRO Advisory Council.
The WRO Board of Trustees is appointed by the AC and is responsible for all business relating matters
A WRO Secretary General is in charge of worldwide operations and reports to Board.
The AC and Board has representatives from China, Denmark, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and UAE.
WRO organization (2)
National Organizers are responsible for implementing the WRO program in their individual countries
All WRO member countries are eligible to send teams to the international WRO final – numbers depend on total number of teams in the country
WRO National Organizers can be private companies, nonprofit organizations, universities or even an office in the MOE – or a combination of the above.
Impact of WRO on the participants
Apply real-world math and science concepts to real
challenges
Design, build, test and program robots using graphical
programming and traditional software
Improve critical thinking, team-building and presentation
skills
Understand and appreciate cultural differences
WRO in numbers
WRO 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Australia 300 380 301
Bahrain 60 54 112
Bolivia 20 40 65 98 75
Brunei 51 50
China 1500 1100 1700 650 1050 1100 1041 1100 1320 1330
Chinese Taipei/Taiwan 250 404 497 815 1076 1368 1567 1680 1729 1651
Costa Rica 25 0 24 81 125
Cyprus 12
Denmark 11 4 21 40 36 25 60 35
Egypt 10 50 40 0 28 75 58
Germany 20 33 31 39 111
Ghana 88 364
Greece 40 81 80 75 80
Hong Kong 100 160 130 130 118 100 257 150 131 115
India 20 0 23 80 300 650 663 700 955 800
Indonesia 20 40 70 132 200 500 621 612 1018 1020
Iran 0 0 15 50 15 0 35 100 196 240
Japan 356 421 374 400 606 705 729 720 830 900
Korea 705 697 670 621 802 925 852 600 672 627
Kuwait 42 42 n/a
Lebanon 20 20 30 23 n/a
Malaysia 100 302 1155 2900 3000 3000 2578 2900 3170 3000
Mexico 60 135
Mongolia (Guest) 1 0
Nigeria 20 31 75
Peru 75 70 77 72 106
Phillippines 50 60 70 104 120 120 117 289 605 610
Romania 83
Russia 17 29 36 120 800 800 1056 2000 2490 3012
Saudi Arabia 36 68 0 48 48
South Africa 40 31 106 144
Singapore 850 803 783 612 602 639 602 722 900 792
Spain 46
State of Qatar 15 30 23 0 100 112 120
State of Oman 20 60 54 101
Switzerland 9
Syria 22 12 n/a
Thailand 450 700 500 1050 1140 1428 1425 1500 1075 1627
Ukraine 0 31 62 71 152 117
UAE 12 30 30 31 126 602 339 414
Vietnam 28
Yemen 25
Total 4418 4716 6046 7748 10043 11788 12071 14790 17143 18450
Countries in red
have hosted the
international WRO
final.
”n/a” means that
we have not
collected team
numbers from
these countries.
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Teams worldwide
WRO on a map
3 competition categories
Open Category - a theme based competition in which students design robotics solutions
Regular Category - a challenge based competition on a table. Students design and program robots to complete specific tasks
WRO GEN II Football - teams of two autonomous robots play head to head
…and the College Category (pilot) for students aged 17-21. Similar to Regular Category – only very difficult and robots are constructed from metal kits.
Examples of Open Category
Robots promote tourism (guard) Robots for live improvement(flying mine sweeper)
Examples of Regular Category (2013)
Examples of Regular Category (2013)
Examples of Regular Category (2013)
…and WRO GEN II Football!
Age Groups for Regular and Open
15
Elementary 8 ~ 12 years old in 2014
Junior 13 ~ 15 years old in 2014
Senior 16 ~ 19 years old in 2014
The WRO Season
Host Country publishes theme and challenges in January on the event website (www.wro2012.org, www.wro2013.org, www.wro2014.org etc.)
National Organizers schedule national competitions – most in Q2 and Q3
Deadline for registration for international final is in October – four weeks aheadof the international final
International final in November (2nd or 3rd weekend)
WRO websites
www.wroboto.org – official World Robot
Olympiad Association Ltd. website
www.wro2014.org – website for WRO
2014 in Sotchi, Russa
USA
WRO-USA National Organizer
• Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan
• Robofest office
• CJ Chung, Ph.D. and Robofest staff
• Email: [email protected]
Comparison TableFLL Robofest WRO
Game Playing Field
FLL Table 6ft plastic folding table
Same as FLL table
Game Robotkit
Lego products only
Any Lego products only
Gameconstruction
Pre-construction allowed
Pre-construction allowed
Pre-construction not allowed (*)
Game unknowns
N/A Unknown factors & tasks
“Surprise” rules
Robot Exhibition
N/A Any robot kits & materials can be used. No specific theme
Any material as long as one Lego controller is used. Specifictheme
(*) To shorten the event duration, however, we will
allow some pre-construction in the US in 2014.
Supported Categories in the US in 2014
• RE: Regular Elementary (8 ~ 12 years old in 2014)
• OE: Open Elementary (8 ~ 12 years old in 2014)
• OJ: Open Junior High (13 ~ 15 years old in 2014)
• OS: Open Senior - High School (16 ~ 19 years old in 2014)
WRO-USA 2014 Local Tournaments (as of June 23, http://wroboto.us/index.php/team-registration)
City / State Date Venue Categories
Dearborn / MI July 26-27
Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford
OE, OJ, OS
Portland / OR Aug 9 Stoller Middle School RE, OE, OJ, OS
Foster / CA Aug 16 Foster City Library RE, OE
Sugarland / TX Aug 16 Techno Chaos RE, OE, OJ, OS
Fresh Meadows / NY
Aug 23 RoboMindTech RE, RJ, RS, OS
Seattle / WA Sep 4 Coe Elementary School RE, OE
Aurora / IL Sep 6 SciTech Hands On Museum RE
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Sep 6 Cranbrook Institute of Science RE
How to select teams for Sochi
• 5~10% top teams from USA National final at LTU on Sep 27, 2014
• Teams must decide within 7 days
• Waiting list in case of decline
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Sochi
USA National Final
Local State Tournaments
5 ~ 10%
~ 50%
