Iranian Team Wins 11 Awards in FIRA RoboWorld Cup, IESO 2025
The Federation of International RoboSports Association (FIRA) and the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) competitions were held in South Korea and China, respectively.
The Iranian participants at the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) in Ji’ning, China, grabbed four bronze medals.
FIRA RoboWorld Cup and Summit 2025 was held from August 11 to 15. The game was held in 46 events in four leagues, including the “Sports League,” an autonomous robot for bipedal walking, the “Challenge League,” such as autonomous vehicles and start-up competitions, the “Air League” such as indoor disaster rescue racing using drones, and the “Youth League,” a youth creative task.
The Iranian delegations won five championships in the Air League and Sport League (students under the age of 19), as well as Challenge and Youth League. They secured four runner-up positions and two third-places in autonomous vehicles, youth creative task, and the Sport League.
The FIRA RoboWorld Cup and Summit, which marked its 30th anniversary this year, competed with 900 robot prospects from 17 countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Russia, China, Taiwan, Iran, and Brazil.
FIRA RoboWorld Cup Open and Summits are held in one of the member countries of this federation with the aim of encouraging the younger generation and industry to focus more on robotics and artificial intelligence. The event has led to an increase in interest in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence among young people.
Co-hosted by Ji’ning Confucius School, Shandong University of Science and Technology, the IESO took place from August 7th to 17th.
The team comprised Bardia Khalili, Parisa Sedqi, Fatemeh Hedayat Kakhaki, and Zahra Goudarzipour.
The IESO is an educational event for secondary school students globally, organized by the International Geoscience Education Organization (IGEO). The competition aims to enhance the level of geoscience education worldwide, increase students’ interest in Earth Sciences, and raise public awareness of Earth Sciences. It is one of the twelve International Science Olympiads.
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