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The team of Assiut University reaps first place in the international competition for the global robotics challenge

Prof. Ahmed El-Minshawy, President of Assiut University, congratulated the team (ASME Assiut) of the Department of Scientific and Technological Activity in the General Administration of Student Welfare; for his excellence and for winning several first places during his participation in the international competition "Global Robotics Challenge": IRC International Robot Challenge, with the participation of more than (50) academies, and a scientific statement from 12 countries, which was held under the supervision of Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth and Sports, the Misr Al-Khair Foundation, and the Mawaheb Foundation.

Prof. El-Minshawy announced that the team won first place in the Puck Collector robot challenge, which is an autonomous programming robot and driving; specialized in seeing, and collecting objects with certain specifications, and a distinctive color from the surrounding environment, using advanced technologies, and precise sensors, and obtaining the first place in the Bowling Robot Challenge, a robot specialized in simulating projectiles; especially the game of bowling by; identifying different targets, and the appropriate movement; to accurately hit the ball, and the team also obtained the best engineering design in the Robosumo robot challenge, a robot designed to confront other robots and deal with them effectively, and it is a self-driving robot.

The President of Assiut University praised the distinguished performance of the team during the various stages of the challenge, and its multiple positions during participation in the competition, which is one of the largest international competitions for programmed autonomous driving and control robots, which is a result of the volume of work, training, and rehabilitation, stressing the university's keenness to encourage students to participate; in local and international competitive competitions, as well as developing the spirit of innovation, creativity, and providing them with effective communication skills with their peers from various international universities, and preparing graduates and technical leaders at a high level of efficiency.

Prof. Ahmed Abdel Mawla, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, referred to the participation of the ASME Assiut team in the competition with three different robots, and the participating teams were evaluated based on the criteria of efficiency, engineering level, in addition to the techniques and technology used in building robots.

The student team from the Faculty of Engineering, which won first place in the Puck Collector robot challenge, included: Ahmed Magdi Shehata, Hind Mohammed Al-Sadiq, George Raif Sami, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed, and the student team from the Faculty of Engineering who won the first place; In the Bowling Robot Challenge, Karim Abdul Sabbour Jamal, Omar Noureddin Abdul Latif, Monica Magdi Fathi, Shams Sabri Zakaria, and the student team from the Faculty of Engineering with the best engineering design in the Robosumo robot challenge includes: Safi al-Din Mohammed Shafa, Duaa Essam Ibrahim, Ramadan Mohammed Kamel, Ahmed Mohammed Mahmoud, and the academic supervisor of the team Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Diaa Al-Din, led the team during the stages of the challenge / Mohamed Shaaban Ali.

The team's participation in the competition came under the supervision of Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mawla, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Madiha Darwish, General Supervisor of Student Activities, and Dr. Haitham Ibrahim, Director General of the General Directorate for Student Welfare, and the preparation and implementation of Mr. Walid Zeidan, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Activity, the team supervisor, Mr. Ahmed Mustafa Abdul Majeed, and the management specialists.