{"id":90653,"date":"2025-02-12T16:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T12:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=90653"},"modified":"2025-04-18T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:34:39","slug":"uaes-first-lego-league-2024-25-national-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/uaes-first-lego-league-2024-25-national-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE&#8217;s FIRST LEGO League 2024-25 National Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 2024-25 season, hosted by ATLAB, a subsidiary of Centena Group, in collaboration with FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and LEGO Education, announced the national winners from across the UAE during the grand finale of the \u2018CHALLENGE\u2019 category on February 9, 2025. The event celebrated the creativity, problem-solving skills, and teamwork of young innovators from 42 teams, who excelled in robotics and STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team \u2018ACE\u2019 from the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences took home the Champion\u2019s Winner Award, while Team \u2018PELAGIC PIONEERS\u2019 from DPS Sharjah earned first runner-up and Team \u2018METAL MECH\u2019 from Gems International School &#8211; Al Khail secured second runner-up. In the Robot Performance category, Team \u2018SEATROTTERS\u2019 from Gems Millennium School &#8211; Sharjah claimed victory, with Team \u2018ACE\u2019 as first runner-up and Team \u2018MARINE X\u2019 from Gems Millennium School Sharjah taking second runner-up. For Robot Design, the winner was Team \u2018AQUA RAPTORZ\u2019 from DPS &#8211; Sharjah, with \u2018SEATROTTERS\u2019 and \u2018CODEBREAKERS 2.0\u2019 from Emerging Stars Institute finishing as first and second runners-up. The Innovation Project award went to Team \u2018MAWJ MYSTERY MASTERS (M CUBE)\u2019 from DPS &#8211; Sharjah, with Team \u2018HYDRATECH\u2019 from Mayoor Pvt School and Team \u2018NMS HYDROBOTS\u2019 from Gems New Millennium School taking the runner-up positions. Team \u2018AIS_TECHTITANS\u2019 from Abu Dhabi International Pvt School won the Core Values award, with \u2018ABYSSAL EXPLORERS\u2019 from Abu Dhabi Indian School and \u2018DIAEH TEAM 2\u2019 from Dubai International Academy &#8211; Emirates Hill securing the first and second runner-up spots. Additionally, the Motivate Award was presented to Team \u2018REEF RANGERS\u2019 from Diyar Private Academy Early Years and Girl&#8217;s Campus Dibba, Fujairah, in recognition of their exceptional team spirit and commitment to the core values of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09-11-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90656 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09-11-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09-11-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09-11-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09-11.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The winners in the \u2018CHALLENGE\u2019 category were assessed based on their robot design, performance, innovation projects, and core values. As the Champion\u2019s Winner, Team ACE has qualified for the international competition at the World Festival in Houston, Texas. Selected teams will also compete in international competitions across the globe, including Greece, South Africa, Australia, and the USA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charbel Najjar, the coach of Team ACE, expressed, \u201cThis competition provided a dynamic platform to showcase our innovative ideas and gain valuable experience in problem-solving, teamwork, and STEM skills. We look forward to continuing our participation in similar competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nilesh Korgaonkar, CEO of ATLAB, emphasized the importance of initiatives like FIRST LEGO League in inspiring real-world solutions. &#8220;These exceptional projects may inspire solutions that could be adopted at an international level. We&#8217;re proud of all the participants and winners who seized this opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esteemed professionals from various backgrounds, including institutions and universities across the UAE, served as judges for the competition. The grand finale was further enriched by the presence of Rasna Hussain, CCDI Teacher and Trainer at the UAE Ministry of Education, whose expertise spans robotics, STEM training, AI, and machine learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In alignment with the UAE&#8217;s vision to foster a knowledge-based economy and empower future generations, ATLAB\u2019s continued support for STEM education through initiatives like FIRST LEGO League plays a vital role in nurturing young innovators and contributing to the nation\u2019s aspirations for innovation and excellence in STEM fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FIRST LEGO League (FLL) 2024-25 season, hosted by ATLAB, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":90654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9649,9624],"tags":[],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-90653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-smart-sectors","category-smart-sectors","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ATLAB-09.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"M","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/muhsin_tech\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90653"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=90653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}