Armenia’s team, represented by TUMO participants, win bronze
WASHINGTON—A team representing Armenia placed third during the annual FIRST Global robotics challenge, which concluded Tuesday at the DAR Convention center in the nation’s capital.
First Global organizes a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among the more than two billion youth across the world.
TEAM ARMENIA: From left, Tigran Sahakyan, Davit Kirakosyan, Maria Ter-Minasyan, Aram Madancyan, Levon Balagyozyan, Lilit Tarumyan, Davit Hovhannisyan and Ashot Tarumyan. Team member Martun Poghosyan was not photographed.
In this year’s challenge, competitors were asked to design their robot to complete a variety of engineering tasks focused on “access to clean water,â€