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Goan kids shine at International level Robotics competition


Team Legogoa Axiom comprising Sai Pranav Gandhi and Viraj Marathe won the runner up(second place) position at the International MakeX Invitational Robotics competition (Starter Category) held in Bangkok, Thailand during 25-27 November 2022. Team Legogoa competed with over 72 teams from 8 countries to clinch the second place. The tournament spanned over 3 days with 4 rounds for qualification and two rounds for the championship section. The qualification round required consistent performance as the scores of all the four rounds were taken into consideration for deciding the team that qualified to the championship round. On the final day of the competition, the team Legogoa Axiom formed an alliance with a ‘TPK Robot 3’ team from Thailand composed of team members Ms Mint and Mast Pomphun to compete with 34 other teams. The day witnessed closely fought matches and Team Legogoa Axiom
held its nerve to score 1460 points (just 20 points behind the winning team) to be placed second in the tally.

The team won a 15,000 baht (Rs 35,000) cash prize with a trophy and medals during a glittering closing ceremony bringing laurels to the country. The journey of Team Legogoa Axiom from Goa has been trailblazing as they topped the National level competition in India (1st place) held at Coimbatore on 16th of October 2022.

You can check out the opening ceremony and prize distribution ceremony video clippings

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