Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF) has clarified the winner of the recently held 2023 Robofest World Championship in Michigan, United States.
Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation (GRAF) is the representative of Robofest in Ghana.
Some news reports claimed that one of the participating teams from Ghana, Prempeh College, was crowned the overall winner of the championship.
However, Dr. Yaw Okraku-Yirenkyi, the International Director for Robofest in Ghana and Country Director for GRAF’s Robotics Inspired Science Education (RiSE) programme, has clarified that a team from Taiwan won the 2023 Robofest World Championship.
“The championship was won by a team from Taiwan. Even though three of Ghana’s nine teams performed very well, unfortunately, none of them (i.e. neither from junior nor senior) won the overall championship, which is awarded to the winner of the GAME-SUPPLY CHAIN challenge,” Dr. Okraku-Yirenkyi noted.
The Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation Director further explained that Prempeh College was awarded trophies for emerging first in the Bottlesumo Unlimited category.
“BOTTLESUMO UNLIMITED: 1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) – awarded trophy, BOTTLESUMO TIME.1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) – awarded trophy,” he stated.
Prempeh College also won the Bottlesumo Time Trial.
Here are the Ghana teams’ rankings in the just-ended championship:
“BOTTLESUMO UNLIMITED: 1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) – awarded trophy, BOTTLESUMO TIME ●1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) – awarded trophy,” he stated.
Prempeh College also won the Bottlesumo Time Trial.
Here are the Ghana teams’ rankings in the just-ended championship:
SENIOR DIVISION
GAME -SUPPLY CHAIN challenge -SENIOR
●4th: CYBERMAC (Our Ladies of Grace SHS, Mampongteng Ashanti) -awarded trophy
●13th: AI PELE ( Right to Dream Academy, Old Akrade)
BOTTLESUMO UNLIMITED
●1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) -awarded trophy
BOTTLESUMO TIME
●1st: OLETHROS (Prempeh College, Kumasi) -awarded trophy
BOTTLESUMO CLASSIC
●reached quarter final: AI KUDUS (Right to Dream Academy, Old Akrade)
UNKNOWN MISSION CHALLENGE (UMC)
●UMC: not ranked: JAK (Prempeh College, Kumasi)
JUNIOR DIVISION
GAME -SUPPLY CHAIN challenge -SENIOR
● 8th : SOUL (MIKROBOT Academy, Accra)
●14th: SPIRIT (MIKROBOT Academy, Accra)
BOTTLESUMO CLASSIC
●reached quarter finals: EMI (MIKROBOT Academy, Accra)
●Number of participating countries: 15
●Number of divisions: 2 (junior and senior)
●Total number of teams: 49
●Total number of challenges: 15 + exhibitions
●Total number of competiting individuals: 1000+
●Other attendees: 400+
●Total number of Ghana teams: 9
●Number of Ghana junior teams: 3
●Number of Ghana senior teams: 6
●Number Ghana delegation members: 42
