Enthusiastic young engineers celebrate victorious robotics champions
First-Place Victory: Team Meerbusch.Robotics YHF, comprising members Wu, Henri Schnitzler, and Finn Nicolay, clinched the top spot in their age category at the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO), securing a place in the WRO-Germany final scheduled for June 27-28, 2025, in Dortmund. The competing teams showcased their abilities, earning two third-place finishes and a creditable fourth place.
The project, "Meerbusch makes media competence," jointly organized by VHS and BürgerStiftung, serves as an integral part of this initiative. This endeavor not only imparts technical knowledge to budding talents but also equips them with essential digital skills in robotics and coding. The ultimate goal is to nurture children from passive users to active shapers of the digital world.
Under the guidance of the dedicated robotics coach, Oliver Beyer, the children surpassed their limitations, acquiring not only technical expertise but discovering and developing their own strengths. VHS director, Béatrice Delassalle-Wischert, commended the young innovators, acknowledging every placement as significant. She highlighted the team's focused execution, task accomplishment, and team spirit as exceptional for this age group.
Relevant achievements, such as enhanced organizational skills and deadline adherence, have been observed by participants' parents, like Martina Borghoff. Besides mastering the programming language Scratch, the children have demonstrated improved self-management skills. From a parental standpoint, the initiative has already proven a success and a valuable contribution by the city of Meerbusch. Supporters of the initiative include the city, VHS, BürgerStiftung "Wir für Meerbusch," and Stadtwerke.
Competitions like the WRO offer students an opportunity to apply their technical skills in robotics and programming. These events foster teamwork, problem-solving, and creativity among the participants. Such competitions provide students with a competitive edge in their future academic and professional pursuits, while community engagements raise STEM awareness in local communities.
In the course of their digital journey, the Meerbusch youth, under the guidance of coach Oliver Beyer, not only excel in technical education-and-self-development such as robotics and coding, but also nurture their skills in sports through competitions like the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO). The all-round development of these young talents, from honing their technical abilities to fostering team spirit, serves as a testament to the comprehensive initiative.
