2024 World Robot Olympiad Korea Competition to be Held in Incheon on 10-11

The '2024 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Korea Competition' for nurturing future robot talents will be held on the 10th and 11th at Songdo Convensia in Incheon.

This event, held in Incheon for the 7th time since 2015, is sponsored by Incheon City and hosted by the Green Human IT Association. This year, under the theme 'EARTH ALLIES,' participants will undertake missions to explore solutions for humans to live in harmony with nature through robots.

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The competition consists of four categories: Friendship Challenge, Robot Mission, Robot Sports, and Future Innovator Creation, with about 260 teams and 650 students from elementary, middle, and high schools participating.

The winning teams in each category at this competition will represent South Korea at the WRO World Championship held in Izmir, Turkey, this November. The WRO World Championship is celebrating its 21st edition this year, with over 40,000 youths from 91 countries participating last year.

An official from Incheon City stated, "The WRO competition plays an important role in nurturing future science and robot talents in South Korea," adding, "We will link Incheon's strategic robot industry with the MICE industry to develop it into a global hub for advanced robot industries."

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