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Press Release

ATLAB announces winners of ‘FIRST® LEGO® League,’

recognising UAE’s young innovators in robotics

• A total of 42 teams across the Emirates participated in the Grand Finale.

• Champion’s Winner Award - Team ACE from Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Foundation for Medical and Educational Science to compete in international-level

competition at the World Festival – Houston, Texas.

UAE, February 11, 2025

The FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) 2024-25 season, hosted by ATLAB, a subsidiary of the

Centena Group, in collaboration with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology) and LEGO® Education, announced the national winners from across the UAE

during the grand finale of the ‘CHALLENGE’ category on February 9, 2025. The awards

recognised young innovators from 42 participating teams for their exceptional creativity,
problem-solving skills and teamwork in robotics and STEM.

The Champion’s Winner Award was presented to Team ‘ACE’ from Hamdan Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences, with Team ‘PELAGIC

PIONEERS’ from DPS (Delhi Private School) - Sharjah as first runner-up and Team ‘METAL

MECH’ from Gems International School - Al Khail as the second runner-up.

In the Robot Performance category, Team ‘SEATROTTERS’ from Gems Millenium School

- Sharjah emerged as winners, followed by Team ‘ACE’ from Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences first runner-up and Team ‘MARINE X’

from Gems Millenium School Sharjah as the second runner-up.

The winners for Robot Design were Team ‘AQUA RAPTORZ’ from DPS - Sharjah, with

Team ‘SEATROTTERS’ from Gems Millenium School - Sharjah as first runner-up and Team

‘CODEBREAKERS 2.0’ from Emerging Stars Institute as second runner-up.