The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills of hundreds of budding young engineers will be challenged when they compete in a robotic competition for students organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), hosted at the University of Bath and sponsored by Bechtel.
Over 700 children aged 9-16 representing 36 countries from across the world will take part in the four-day STEM challenge taking place in the UK for the very first time this month.
The young engineers will compete in the IET's FIRST® LEGO® League International Open Championship, held at the University of Bath between June 21-25.
Teams taking part in the International Open Championship are challenged to build a robot using LEGO that can successfully tackle a series of missions, each representing a different aspect of animal-human interaction. The students will be required to demonstrate their skills in robotics, computer programming, teamwork, research, problem solving and communication, demonstrating the FIRST® LEGO® League core values, which include respect and inclusion.
The event coincides with International Women in Engineering Day (Friday 23 June) during which the University of Bath is hosting around 80 aspiring female engineers from local schools to find out more and experience a taste of what it is like to study an engineering discipline at university. As part of their visit to Bath, the budding female engineers will hear from current female engineering students and staff, take part in a number of fun and challenging engineering-related tasks, and in the afternoon meet a number of the competing students at the FIRST® LEGO® League International Open Championship.
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