Media Advisory: High schools from around the region take part in the 6th Regional Botball® Robotics Challenge at Carnegie Mellon Qatar

Event: Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is hosting the 6th Regional Botball® Robotics Challenge at its building in Education City. Botball® is a robotics competition, introduced in the United States, where high school students build autonomously operated robots that compete against each other in a non-destructive tournament. Students from 30 high schools in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. and Zimbabwe will compete in the final challenge.

Participating schools from Qatar:

Al Bayan Secondary School, Doha College, Doha Independent Secondary School for Boys, Doha Montessori and British School, Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Thani Independent Secondary School for Boys, Qatar Academy, Al Resala Secondary Independent School for Girls, Al Khor International School, Lebanese School, Nasser Bin Abdullah Al-Attiya, Al-Wakra Independent Secondary School for Boys, American School of Doha, Omar Bin Al Khattab Scientific Secondary School, Hamza Bin Abed Mutalib Preparatory Independent School for Boys, Al Ieman Secondary Independent School and Amna Bint Wahab Independent Secondary School.

When: Friday, April 23, 2010

9.00 a.m. Seeding Rounds

1.30 p.m. Double Elimination Rounds

5.00 p.m. Awards Ceremony

Where: Carnegie Mellon University Building, Education City

Editor’s note

Journalists and photographers are invited to attend the competition and are asked to confirm their attendance as soon as possible.

Press release will be available on qatarcmudev.wpengine.com after the awards ceremony.

For further information please visit: qatar.cmu.edu/botball.

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