Qatar’s future engineers and inventors showed off their high-tech robotics projects in the second Student Robotics Exhibition, organised by Qatar National Library in collaboration with the Embassy of the United States of America in Doha.
More than 47 high school students responded to the challenge and put their engineering and programming skills to work ahead of the exhibition, held at the Library on 8 February.
Visitors at the event got to see the students’ creativity and complex problem-solving abilities, and learned how they were able to create robots with the characteristics to perform a wide range of functions.
The Library regularly offers robotics, coding and programming workshops and learning sessions as part of its program of events to encourage young learners with an interest in computer science and information technology.
Fahad Ali, a student from Birla Public School who exhibited his invention at the Library, said: “Science is all about experimenting and trying new things. Learning science can be easy and fun, and I would encourage other young people to come to the Library to not only improve your experiments, but also use your innovations to motivate others to study science.”
Bissan Albdulghani, a grade 8 student from Qatar Academy for Science and Technology, said: “Studying science helps us understand how our world works, and demonstrating your experiments to others is a great way to learn. This exhibition was a great chance for me to share my innovations with people with different interests and viewpoints.”
Qatar Academy for Science and Technology (QAST), Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys, Birla Public School, Philippine School Doha, DPS-Modern Indian School, Philippine International School Qatar, and American School of Doha took part in the exhibition.