Robotics competition takes place in Lanzhou

Primary and middle school students in Gansu province gathered in Lanzhou city, the provincial capital, for the 16th Chinese Adolescent Robotics Competition Gansu area on April 17-19.

A total of 267 teams took part in the competition. Participants competed in trying to solve problems with their robots through computer programming and program design. The winner will represent Gansu at a national contest.

The competition, with the theme of “adolescents grow up happily”, is made up of robotic challenges and robot football matches and aims at cultivating young people's practical ability and spirit of innovation and exploration.

Students from Lanzhou Foreign Language Middle School manipulate robots at the competition on April 17. [Photo/Xinhua]