The Philippine Robotics Team consist of 112 elementary and high school students including Dr. Yanga’s College Inc. (DYCI) and Grace Christian College raked silver and bronze medals in the recently held 2013 World Robotics Olympiad held at Jakarta, Indonesia with 400 competing teams across 36 countries worldwide.
DYCI was the reigning champion of the 2012 World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) with Grace Christian College winning the second place award and DYCI high school team is still consistent to be on top.
The DYCI team composed of King Olgado, 14, Anne Jazpher Raz, 14, and Rey Allen Infante, 12, invented three robots named ProGrow Robot Drone, ProTek Robot Drone, and ProTrek Robot Backpack.
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ProGrow Robot Drone, is a remote controlled robot with built-in camera capable of going around muddy fields to spray water or fertilizer on plants and it is also equipped with a soil quality tester.
ProTek Robot Drone, is also a remote controlled robot which has the capacity to emit ultrasonic waves for up to 200 meters, keeping away crop-eating pests and equipped with robotic arm capable of taking plant samples and a weather vane to measure wind speed.
ProTrek Robot Backpack, is equipped with headlights, navigation equipment and tracker, first aid kit, and a camera and is designed to ensure that the water level in the fields remain on a constant level.
Nemo Robot, entry of the DYCI elementary team declared as champion in elementary level is a submersible robot dubbed “Neo Ecological Marine Operative” or Nemo and is designed to clean oil spills.