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World Adolescent Robot Contest Kicks off in Beijing
From CRIENGLISH.com
Mark is the captain[ 队长，首领] of the team from Southport School in Australia[澳大利亚南港中学]. Their robot is required to collect balls of different sizes, from ping-pong balls[乒乓球] to golf[高尔夫] and tennis balls[网球].
"We were slowly improving. This morning wasn't great, but we are getting better and better as we go along."
The experience is quite unique for all the young robot players, as they are not only learning to solve real world technical problems[解决现实世界中的技术问题] using classroom knowledge[课堂知识], but also practicing skills in communication[沟通;交流], teamwork[协作], and creative thinking[创造性思维].
Carlos Duran is a team coach[教练] from Mexico City.
"All the teams are very competitive. It's very good to have teams from different countries. They're all getting well related. We are happy to share with all the other teams. This is a game, but this is a serious game."
The robot games were organized by Simia, China's exclusive source of official LEGO[乐高玩具] Education Centers from Denmark[丹麦]. President of Simia China, Eugene Zhang, introduces the contest.
"We have 3 categories, the World Robot Olympiad[世界机器人奥林匹克竞赛 ], FIRST Robot Competition and FIRST Tech Challenge. Altogether we have over 16 countries and over 150 teams here this time. We are very happy that all the teams could travel great distances to come to Beijing in the winter time."
Donald E. Bossi, president of non-profit organization[非营利组织] FIRST, says their study shows that 90 percent of the kids in robotics[机器人技术] do better in school, even though they spend a lot of time working on the robots.
"Sometimes studying for tests is not the most fun, and this sort makes learning fun. There's a lot of learning going on, but at the same time, they really enjoy themselves. So we always say we put the inspiration[灵感; 鼓舞人心的人或事; 启发灵感的人（或事物）] first, the education comes along with it, which I think a lot of teams are enjoying."
Besides the robot competition, the event also comprises[包含;包括;组成;构成] a main forum[论坛;讨论会] and 12 sub-forums[子论坛;分论坛] with speakers from China, Germany, the United States and Japan reporting on robot research and technology development. An exhibit[展览，陈列; 展览品; 公开展示] is held as well, featuring the latest products, and showcasing[展示] the research findings.
The number of industrial robots sold in China reached 57 thousand last year, which marked an increase of 55 percent on a year-on-year basis[每年] and one-quarter[四分之一] of global sales.
For CRI, I am Chi Huiguang.
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