The robotic competition nurtures aspiring young robotics talent and fosters their interest in pursuing a STEM-based education and career.
RAUS Director Cheng Wee Kiang presenting an award to 10-year-old primary school student Poh Xiao Xuan, who was one of the two youngest award winners at the RoboCup Singapore Open 2022 (Photo: RoboCup Singapore)
Cheng Wee Kiang, Director of the Robotics, Automation and Unmanned Systems (RAUS) Centre of Expertise (CoE), spent a Saturday afternoon congratulating robotics talent from as young as 10 years old at the awards presentation ceremony of the RoboCup Singapore Open 2022 on May 28.
“RoboCup nurtures aspiring young robotics talent and piques their interest in pursuing a STEM-based tertiary education in future,” Wee Kiang said. “These young talent will join the workforce in 10 to 15 years and hopefully, will join HTX as engineers to develop RAUS capabilities for the Home Team.”
RoboCup started as a robotic soccer competition in 1997 and the goal of the RoboCup initiative is to promote robotics and AI research. The RoboCup Singapore Open 2022 saw students pitting their robotics design, building and programming skills against each other, in various competition categories such as soccer, rescue, on-stage performance and autonomous driving. The competition, co-organised by Singapore Polytechnic and Science Centre Singapore, was the first in-person RoboCup event in Singapore after a two-year pandemic and drew more than 300 participants from 40 schools. Wee Kiang with participants at the RoboCup Singapore Open 2022 awards ceremony (Photo: RoboCup Singapore)