Methodist Girls’ SHS wins 2019 World ROBOFEST competition

Methodist Girls’ High School at Mamfe Akuapem in the Eastern Region has won the 2019 World ROBOFEST Competition held in Michigan in the United States of America.

The 20th edition of the robotic-driven approach in solving tasks, saw the school from Ghana winning the ultimate game competition.

The task given comprised building a robot to arrange boxes according to a Binary Number Given. This Binary Number is unveiled when all robots are impounded.

MEGHIS triumphed in the preliminary contests held in Ghana by beating all the top senior high schools.

The annual competition in Ghana, under the code name ‘Robotics Inspired Science Education’ (RISE), is organised by the Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation founded by Dr. Ashitey Trebi-Olenu.

Some of the participating countries include:

1. Japan 
2. China 
3. Korea
4. South Africa 
5. United States 
6. Mexico etc

Source: Graphic Online