In the next thirty years, mastering STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Maths) skills will be essential for students to become innovative job creators in our fast-changing society, with 75% of the fastest growing occupations requiring STEAM-related skills. The ability to harness STEAM skillsets will define 21st century leaders. 

To this end, Actura, the global leader in STEAM education, robotics & coding, has launched its first global OneWorld Robotics Competition, with Area Competitions commencing in Singapore. 

The competition is the first to incorporate the latest AIoT Technology (Artificial Intelligence of Things), and brings together hundreds of students from around the world competing to solve problems surrounding the category of “Smart Cities”. Australian Area Competitions begin in Sydney on 23-24 November, with the schools hosting including Knox Grammar School on Sydney’s North Shore and students from Years 7-9 competing from many schools. 

“We are ecstatic to be able to launch our inaugural OneWorld Robotics Competition this year, with the Area Competitions commencing in Singapore,” said Charles Chung, Chief Executive Officer of Actura Australia. “This is an exclusive chance for us to continue to promote essential STEAM skills in the youth of today, to empower them for their futures.” 

The OneWorld Robotics Competition is set to challenge students to apply STEAM skills to solve the problems associated with navigating our ‘smart cities’ of the future. Students will hone their STEAM skills including critical thinking and problem-solving in order to find solutions through robotics, and present these to a panel of industry experts. 

Subjects to contend with will include transport congestion, pollution, environmental sustainability and over-crowding. The Autonomous Vehicle will be a solution to many of these problems and students will consider the technical, legal, social and ethical solutions, including privacy and cybersecurity risks, through their technical application of robotics and coding. 

“We are delighted to be the first to offer AIoT Technology within the bounds of this exciting global robotics competition. Our FlipRobot hardware and software will enable students to access cutting-edge AIoT technology”, said FlipRobot Product Management Manager Kurt Yang.

Established in Australia in 2014, Actura provides the leading STEAM learning solutions for both in-class and out-of-class learning, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei. Actura’s FlipRobot range provides the ultimate robotic STEAM learning solution for the in-class environment. 

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