The Russian Robotics Olympiad, timed to coincide with the City Day celebrations, was taking place online from June 24 to 27. The competition was attended by children of 8 to 20 years old from 40 regions of Russia and Romania. In the course of three days, the 280 teams demonstrated their own innovation-oriented projects under the «Energobots – the Future of Energetics» motto.

The participants presented robots capable of continuously supplying energy from renewable sources, reducing energy consumption or significantly simplifying the transportation of goods during the construction of hydroelectric power plants, fighting fires and solving social issues. The competitive category of this Olympiad program was Robotic Football.

«We wanted to arrange a face-to-face Krasnoyarsk-based event for the young engineers, but opted to transfer the competition to an online format (in just a couple of days!) for the safety of the kids. I sincerely thank all the participants and organizers for doing this! Online format did not stop us from recharging each other with the energy of creativity. Once again, I was amazed at the innovations and developments that young people are already offering to the world,» – noted Mayor of Krasnoyarsk Sergei Eremin.

A specially established prize – Krasnoyarsk Mayor's Cup – was awarded to the Semelion team from the Centre for Pedagogical Excellence in Moscow, for the potential of the project's practical implementation. Semyon Trafnyak, a tenth grader, has developed a robotic plant growing system that is effective in urban conditions.

Krasnoyarsk teams Berkut (Regional Youth Palace), The Ognennye Boys (Regional Youth Palace), LegoFan (Perspectiva Education Centre), Robik (Regional Youth Palace) won prizes in the WeDo category.

The results of the All-Russian Robotics Olympiad.

«Despite it being a "virtual" Olympiad and the participants defending their projects online, I would like to emphasise the impressive level of the kids' practical training. Nice to see our Krasnoyarsk teams showing excellent results again. Our youngest participants aged 8 and over are already winning prizes,» – says Maxim Turushev, co-organiser of the Olympiad.

The members of the local teams will continue their preparations for the international finale of the Olympiad. Training camps will be held in September, whereas the online finale itself will take place in November in Germany.

In 2022 Krasnoyarsk will be the first city in Russia to host the international stage of the FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Robotics Championship. Our city is waiting for the arrival of about 3 thousand young inventors from all over the world.