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Young Philippine students won medals at the recent World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Canada 2020 for their innovative green projects that not only aim to fight climate change but addresses other pressing needs as well.
The Department of Education said in a press statement that teams from Bohol and Bulacan won at the WRO held virtually from November 12 to 15.
Naiah Nicole Mendoza, Denise Carpio, and Abigail Silva of Dr Yanga’s Colleges, Incorporated in Bocaue, Bulacan, won the gold medal in the OPEN Category of Senior High School for “Project FEET.”
The winning project features plastic recycling, power generation, as well as footwear manufacturing – footwear is made from plastic trash, and is embedded with piezo discs that can generate power for mobile phones and other gadgets.
“We invented a robotics project to address global problems of climate change, the lack of electricity, and the very basic and simple yet global human need of footwear!” the team said in their video presentation.
Check how the project works here:
Another team from Dr Yanga’s Colleges – composed of Annette Nicole Ambi, Aaron James Amar, and Daniella Angela de Guzman – won the silver medal in the OPEN Category of Junior High School for “Project Cycle.”
Under the project, a bicycle is used to convert trash paper mixed with water lilies to make recycled paper. It can also generate power for mobile phones and other gadgets.
Check the project here:
The third Philippine team to win at the Olympiad is composed of Mary Haidee Makinano, Trisha Belle Olaivar, and Juno Ceasar Escatron from the Candijay Municipality High School in Bohol.
They won the bronze medal in the OPEN Category of Junior High School for the Bohol Action to Solidify Agrikultura (BASAK) composed of wind turbines, water pumps, and biomass generators for the agriculture industry in their province. Check their full project presentation here.
Mylene Abiva, the National Organizer of the Philippine Robotics Olympiad, said that the students overcame challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the typhoons that hit the country during the event but managed to pull it off.
“The Philippine Robotics National Team overcame the adversity of slow internet access, remote meetings, school closure, and series of typhoons and online presentations to the WRO Canada judges,” said Abiva.
Bulacan, where two of the winning teams hailed from, suffered flooding during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses which was around the same time of the competition.
Abiva said more than 720 students from over 40 countries participated in the event.
Education Secetary Leonor Briones lauded the students.
“I am aware that we have been facing adversities and challenges recently but seeing these learners triumph in the international stage motivates us to prepare and enhance basic education more for their future,” she said.
The Philippines has taken the distance learning approach in education, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to use the mode until a COVID-19 vaccine becomes locally available. – Rappler.com
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