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By Abdul Kerimkhanov

The second Olympiad of robots will be held tomorrow in the Baku Sports Palace (Azneft Square) with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the organization of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy and the Public Association “Center for Education, Training and Youth Development”.

As many as 54 teams from 20 educational institutions, which participants are between eight and 19 years old will participate in the competition. Competitions are held in four categories. Winners will receive the right to join the World Olympiad of robots to be held in Thailand on November 16-18.

In Azerbaijan, the Olympiad of robots was first held on October 7, 2017 with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the organization of the Azerbaijan Academy of Engineering and the Public Association Center for Education, Training and Youth Development. The winners got the right to participate in the World Robot Olympiad in Costa Rica, where they took 17th place among 71st countries.

In 2017 Azerbaijan was accepted as a full member of the World Olympiad of Robots, the biggest competition of robotics, being held annually in different countries on various topics since 2004.

If in the Olympiad, held for the first time in Singapore, 12 countries participated, now this number exceeds 70.

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