Schoolchildren of the Karaganda region have been selected for the national stage of the international robotics championship

Astana and Almaty hosted the FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions to select the best roboticists for the republican stage of the First Robotics International Championship. The Karaganda team #Nurmakov1 of the specialized boarding school named after N. Nurmakov became the absolute champion, and JelToqSun of the specialized boarding school "Murager" won the Grand Prix.

The Karaganda teams of the specialized boarding school named after N. Nurmakov #Nurmakov, the specialized boarding school "Daryn" DARYN, the specialized boarding school "Murager" Alash and the specialized boarding school "Information Technologies" Mirinda also became the first. In the piggy bank of achievements of robotics of the region there are also third places in various nominations.

More than 40 teams from Astana, Karaganda, Ulytau, Akmola, Kostanay, North Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions participated in the regional qualifying competitions.

Our region was represented by 13 teams, consisting mainly of children from 10 to 16 years old.

— The DARYN team took the first place in the Innovation Project nomination. It consists of seven high school students of the specialized boarding school "Daryn". In general, the international league consists of three stages. The first one was held in four cities of Kazakhstan. At the regional stage, held at the Nurorda school in Astana, our team became the winner. Now we are intensively preparing for the international tour," said Asel Kasym, a computer science teacher at the specialized boarding school "Daryn".

– Our robot is multifunctional, medium-sized. He has the ability to perform various tasks. The command model is equipped with removable small–sized devices, - said a student of the 10th grade of the specialized boarding school "Daryn" Edil Sabdaly.

- Children are interested in research, design, programming and design. They build and program The Lego ® Education SPACE TM Prime Robot Theme LEGO ® MINDSTORMS ® , which is designed for a specific purpose. From our schools took part in two teams. Jeltoqsun received the main prize in the nomination Robot Performance Award Champions, A from Alash – in the category Robot Design, — says the teacher of Computer Science and robotics specialized schools-Lyceum-boarding school "Murager" Berdibek Kazygulov.

The national stage of the competition will be held on February 24-26. Winners and prize-winners will have the right (quota) to participate in the international championship in Houston, USA.