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ATLAB announces winners of ‘FIRST® LEGO® League,’ recognising UAE’s young innovators - Middle East News 247

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.

The Innovation Project award went to Team ‘MAWJ MYSTERY MASTERS (M CUBE)’ from DPS –

Sharjah, with Team ‘HYDRATECH’ from Mayoor Pvt School as first runner-up and Team ‘NMS
HYDROBOTS’ from Gems New Millennium School – Al Khail as second runner-up.

Finally, the Core Values award was won by Team ‘AIS_TECHTITANS’ from Abu Dhabi International Pvt
School, while Team ‘ABYSSAL EXPLORERS’ from Abu Dhabi Indian School secured first runner-up position
and ‘DIAEH TEAM 2’ from Dubai International Academy – Emirates Hill secured the second runner-up

position.

This year, the competition included the Motivate Award, which was presented to Team ‘REEF RANGERS’

from Diyar Private Academy Early Years and Girl’s Campus Dibba, Fujairah in recognition of their
exceptional team spirit, enthusiasm, and commitment to the core values of the FIRST® LEGO® League.

Charbel Najjar, the coach of Team ACE from Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical

and Educational Sciences said: “The competition provided us with a dynamic platform to exhibit our
innovative concepts and gain valuable experience in the realms of problem-solving, teamwork, and STEM-
related skills. We aim to carry this experience forward and continue to participate in similar competitions.”

The winners in the CHALLENGE category were assessed on the basis of their robot design, performance,
innovation projects and core values. Team ACE that received the Champion’s Winner Award are qualified for
the international-level competition, which is held in the USA at the World Festival – Houston, Texas. Apart

from this, selected teams will compete in the international competitions across the world; AIS_TECHTITANS
from Abu Dhabi International Pvt School in Greece, SEATROTTERS from Gems Millenium School –
Sharjah in South Africa, AQUA RAPTORZ from DPS – Sharjah and METAL MECH from Gems International

School- Al Khail in Australia and PELAGIC PIONEERS from DPS – Sharjah in USA.

Nilesh Korgaonkar, CEO of ATLAB said: “The exceptional projects created by these innovators may not

be directly implemented, but they might inspire real-world solutions at an international level or adopted by
organisations or countries associated with FIRST®. This competition is a platform for students to showcase

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