Lapu-Lapu City hosts three-day international robotics competition

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2016/06/01/lapu-lapu-city-hosts-three-day-international-robotics-competition-477112
• Friday, June 3, 2016

By Flornisa M. Gitgano

MORE than 200 students from 13 countries, including the Philippines, will showcase their abilities in making robots during the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League (FLL) Philippine Islands Invitational 2016.

Lapu-Lapu City is hosting the three-day event at the Hoopsdome, which started yesterday.

Lapu-Lapu Schools Division Superintendent Marilyn Andales said that students aged nine to 18 years old, teachers, school administrators and parents from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Singapore, Spain and Philippines are participating in the event.

With the theme “Trash Trek,” the students will use Lego pieces in the robotics competition this afternoon.

Mayor Paz Radaza said the opportunity given to Lapu-Lapu to host the event will help promote the city in the international robotics community.

“Nowadays, the children are into social media, and science and technology. We are also adapting to the trend. There are also students who are interested in this,” she said.

The City Government, led by Radaza, hosted a welcome dinner for the participants at the Plantation Bay Resort yesterday.

Andales said this will be the sixth time that the City will participate in an international robotics competition through the Caridad C. Labe (CCL) Education CentrEx, Inc. school.

Aside from CCL, three schools from Bulacan, Quezon City and another team from Cavite will also represent the Philippines.

Radaza encouraged the Lapu-Lapu Schools Division to have a robotics center in Hoopsdome so students in the city will have a venue to showcase their skills in science and technology.