{"id":83993,"date":"2015-03-19T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T05:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/robotraffic-at-technion\/"},"modified":"2015-03-19T07:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T05:30:27","slug":"robotraffic-at-technion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/robotraffic-at-technion\/","title":{"rendered":"RoboTraffic at Technion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autonomous Traffic<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hundreds of students from the US, Russia, Ukraine, Argentina and Israel participated in the international \u201cRoboTraffic\u201d competition at the Technion<\/h2>\n

Hundreds of students from some 50 schools in Israel, USA, Argentina, Russia and Ukraine participated in the 2015 RoboTraffic competition held at the Technion last Thursday, March 12. The competition, held consecutively for six years, started out as a national contest that grew to become international.<\/p>\n

The RoboTraffic competition is organized by the Leumi Robotics Center at the Technion\u2019s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, World ORT organization, and the World Zionist Organization in cooperation with the YTEK Foundation and Eytam Robotics Ltd. The overall goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills of Robotics along with facts and awareness necessary for safe driving, in an attempt to minimize the involvement of young drivers in road accidents. The competition involved small mobile robots, shaped like miniature cars, to simulate road conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn preparation of the competition, the Leumi Robotics Center developed a \u2018safe roads\u2019 route course containing sensors that make contact with the car robots, and provide the vehicle with an automatic response to signaled obstacles as well as traffic lights and road signs,” explained Dr. Evgeny Korchnoy, the director of the Leumi Robotics Center at the Technion. “During the competition, the robots move along the track autonomously, in a manner ensuring the prevention of road accidents and in keeping with traffic rules. As part of the preparation for the contest, students learned about mechanics, programming, control and electronics as well as road safety skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year, over one thousand students from elementary schools, middle schools and high schools participated in the competition. High school students competed in six different categories: safe driving, racing, knowledge of driving rules, road safety ideas, innovations in robotic car structure, and knowledge acquisition of vehicle structure using the Solidworks drawing software.<\/p>\n

Rachel Lubarsky (14 years old) and Leah Baram (aged 15) along with their team Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, achieved the best and fastest results and won first place for high school students in the race category and in the use of the drawing software. They came to the competition at the Technion along with two more representatives from their team. The team\u2019s accomplishments throughout the competition were very impressive. \u201cMy connection to technology is limited,\u201d confesses Leah, \u201cwe study in a Jewish school, part of the Chabad network of schools, and it doesn\u2019t offer any subjects in technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI take supplementary studies after school at the religious seminary for girls,\u201d added Rachel. \u201cThis is where we were first introduced to robotics, and how we became involved in the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel very comfortable here at the Technion,\u201d they both agreed. \u201cIsraelis are very helpful. We\u2019re not sure if we would like to live here in the future, but we\u2019d be very happy to study at the Technion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the exposure of the younger generation to science and technology, the Technion attaches great importance to investing in young students,\u201d said Prof. Moshe Sidi, Vice President of the Technion. \u201cIt is heart warming to see such a great number of students from Israel and abroad partaking in this competition here at the Technion \u2013 all of whom share a common pursuit \u2013 a curiosity and interest in robotics and road safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSix years ago we held this competition for the first time with only five Israeli schools,” related Prof. Moshe Shoham, Head of the Leumi Robotics Center at the Technion. “Today, dozens of schools from Israel and abroad are competing in this competition. You are the next generation and you will be the ones that will bring Israel to the forefront of international robotics. Your generation will witness the revolution of autonomous transport vehicles and the roads of the future, and it will happen sooner than we think.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to bring our schools to Israel to compete in this advanced robotics competition that also teaches safe driving,\u201d said Avi Ganon, the CEO of World ORT KADIMAMADA-ISRAEL. \u201cTechnology studies is an effective tool in strengthening the ties between the Diaspora and Israel, and important to Israel\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team that won first place in the elementary school competition is from the \u2018Future\u2019 program of the Karnei Shomron education district. \u201cWe programmed the action of the robot, and added sensors so that it could navigate along the route and adhere to traffic lights,\u201d explained Jonathan Makayten, a sixth grade student. \u201cWe take robotics lessons as part of the \u2018Future\u2019 excellence program during school hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very interesting field,\u201d added his fellow team member, Noam Cohen, a fifth grader.<\/p>\n

In the various categories of the competition for secondary schools, the students from ORT Binyamina (Israel) and ORT Chernovtsi, ORT Odessa, and ORT Kiev (Ukraine) won first place.<\/p>\n

The following schools won various categories in the \u2018Mama-Robot\u2019 competition for elementary and middle schools \u2013 Ga\u2019ash, Ashalim Rishon Lezion, Misgav elementary school and Yavne group. In the \u2018RoboTraffic-Junior\u2019 category, the winning team was from the Amit-Amital School in Netanya.<\/p>\n

Photography by: Shiatzo Photography Services, Technion\u2019s Spokesperson\u2019s Office<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information: Gil Liner, Technion Spokesperson, 058-688-2208, <\/strong><\/p>\n

Doron Shoham – 050-310-9088<\/strong><\/p>\n

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