Millennium hosts Tech Week warm-up this weekend

The goal is to encourage the population to learn more about the work, which is carried out within schools in the capital.

About 100 students, from seven educational institutions in Manaus, participate this weekend in the warm-up of the Tech Weekthe official robotics championship scheduled to take place in October in Manaus. The event takes place from 2 pm, on 27 and 28 / 7, and will be hosted in the Millennium Shopping. In partnership with ControlBot - Robotics Educationthe attraction will feature a program where children and young people will compete against each other by answering quizzes, building and programming robots to overcome challenges.

"Last year, the Millennium was invaded by robots during the first edition of Tech Week and was a great success among customers of all ages. And this time, we want to repeat the dose, but first we will warm things up with this school robotics festival, which will undoubtedly encourage even more children and teenagers to venture into the technological world", said the Millennium Shopping marketing coordinator, Elizandra Xavier.

In Category 1, children from the 1st to the 5th grade of elementary school will participate in Pre-Tech Week; in Category 2, it will be the turn of children from the 6th to the 9th grade of elementary school; and in Category 3, those who compete are high school and technical students, besides college students and hobbyists.

According to ControlBot's director, Tiago Cauassa, the goal is to encourage the population to learn more about this work that is done inside the schools and to encourage educational robotics, which combines the disciplines Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, and also stimulates teamwork, exercising the students' self-confidence and with reflexes in other areas of school life.

"In addition to bringing together children and young people, the festival will also include adult teams to meet and compete amicably, without awards, in order to prepare them for Tech Week," he explains.

With information from the press office