COMSTECH in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) General Secretariat, Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is organizing the first OIC Robotics Challenge (ORC) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan within the framework of INNOWEEK of the Government of Uzbekistan.

Moreover, The ORC is part of the efforts of OIC to encourage the creative and technical skills of the youth in frontier technologies. To encourage maximum participation, selected teams would be provided partial travel and full boarding and lodging support by the organizers. Further, The ORC takes place in the UZEXPOCENTRE exhibition center, Tashkent, from 27 to 31 of October 2019 and is restricted to participants from the OIC Member States with ages between 17 and 23 years, in two categories.

Competition Categories

The ORC will consist of following contests/categories:

• Robo-Sumo (where an autonomous robot should push another robot out of the ring)
• Robo-Football (distance controlled two robots play football on the field)

Benefits

• Improve skills in robotics
• Make friends with the same passion
• Learn a new culture
• Likewise, travel support for 2 team members of an international team. In the case of 3 participating members, the team would have to find support for him/her by itself. A maximum of 50-60 international participants would be provided travel support, depending on the actual fare required.
• Boarding and lodging for 5 days (27-31 October), for international participants
• Further, Transportation to and from the Tashkent International Airport named after Islam Karimov, Central Railway Station Tashkent – Northern (for international and regional participants)
• Transportation to and from the UZEXPOCENTRE exhibition center.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Govt. of Uzbekistan will help the participants with visa issues if required Catering (breakfast + lunch)

Eligibilities

• A team should consist of no more than three participating members.
• In addition to the participating members, each team can be accompanied by a senior person as Team
• Manager/Mentor. In such a case the Team Manager would need to support his/her own travel.
• Also, a team should register all the team members (and Manager, if any) in the online Registration form.
• The age limit is 17 to 23 years.
• Further, teams that are selected for participation by the ORC Jury would be notified by email.
• The detailed rules & regulations of each category can be downloaded from the official link.
• When registering, teams should identify which category of the competition they wish to participate in. A team can participate in both categories if they wish to do so.