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ENGINEERING MARVEL AT WRO ROBORISE 2025: EMPOWERING YOUNG On 15th February, DAIS and NMAJS in
collaboration with FRC Team Elev8 and FTC
INNOVATORS THROUGH ROBOTICS Teams Eureka, Matrix and Kryptonite
DAIS IBDP Grade 11 Shauryaveer Varma and his team participated in the World hosted an Annual Robotics Competition
Robot Olympiad (WRO) Future Engineers category, where they secured 3rd place called RoboRISE. The event featured 108 teams of 5 students each from 37 government schools. Competing students
at the India Nationals, also winning a cash prize. The challenge required them to gained important technological skills and exposure to the impact of robotics in building solutions to real world problems
design, build, and program a fully autonomous small-scale automobile capable of through the Innovation Challenge. The first challenge was a Ludo Showdown, in which 108 teams competed. The
navigating a maze-like track. The track included coloured checkpoints that challenge entailed a battle of ROBO Sapphire cars which are remote-controlled cutting-edge robots built by the students
indicated the required direction, meaning their robot needed to process visual under the mentorship of our students from scratch. The Innovation Challenge was a creative ideation competition where
inputs in real time and make precise movement decisions. To tackle this around 10 teams designed and presented innovative prototype ideas solving real-world problems. This event concluded
challenge, Shauryaveer’s team built a fully customized and 3D-printed robot, project Udaan, where digital literacy and robotics sessions were conducted at BMC schools in Mumbai by our students.
engineered for both speed and precision. The drivetrain featured a 90-degree Members of team Elev8 led the event volunteers and were crucial to ensure the event's smooth running.
gearbox drive, powered by a high-speed 11,000 RPM NEO 550 motor, ensuring
rapid movement while maintaining control. The core of their system relied on a
Raspberry Pi and Arduino working in tandem—the Raspberry Pi handled vision
processing using a Pi Cam, while the Arduino managed motor and sensor controls
for real-time navigation. Throughout the competition, Shauryaveer and his team’s
robot successfully demonstrated efficient path planning, seamless hardware-
software integration, and precise execution of movements.

INCREDIBLE INNOVATION AT WRO!

Keyaan Shah (DAIS Grade 11 IBDP) and Shruti Swamy (DAIS Grade 10), won the
Silver Medal in the Future Innovators Senior Category at the World Robot Olympiad
India Regional Championship, held in Mumbai on 31st October 2024. Their project,
OXIGEN (Observing and eXamining IoT-Based Green Environmental Nodes), DAIS ICSE CLASS 10
successfully implemented real-time environmental scanning to monitor urban ARYAN SHARMA WINS
green spaces in Mumbai using advanced robotic sensors. This innovative approach
underscores their commitment to leveraging technology for environmental 'BEST INNOVATIVE IDEA AWARD'
sustainability.
AT STEM SUMMIT '25

WRO - INDIA REGIONAL WRO ROBO MISSION Aryan Sharma represented DAIS at the national STEM Best
CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! Practice Innovation Exhibition and Summit held at the
Nehru Science Centre. He was selected as a STEM-X India
NMAJS MYP Class 8 DAIS Arush Loonkar Student Speaker and was awarded the Best Innovative Idea
Purnaansh Patel and from DAIS IGCSE Class Award for his healthcare innovation, MediSense.
the 'Upside Down' 8 secured 3rd place in
team won the Bronze the WRO Robo Mission
Medal in the Robo Regional
Mission Junior Championship. It was
category at the World dedication and THE POWER OF ONE: PROJECT ZŪL, ARAV KAUL'S
Robot Olympiad India innovation that earned VISION FOR INCLUSIVE STEM LEARNING
Regional him a spot in the
Championship 2024. Nationals
Exceptional achievements by Arav Kaul (DAIS IBDP Grade 11), whose initiative, Project Zūl, is creating meaningful
societal change. This innovative grassroots STEM education program empowers students across Jammu & Kashmir
by promoting creativity, problem-solving, and logical reasoning through a hands-on, Arduino-based learning model.
By offering free electronics kits, a beginner-friendly curriculum, and teacher training modules, the project has
reached over 15 schools, trained 50+ educators, and impacted 1,000+ students. Arav’s efforts have earned recognition
from Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of J&K, and have been celebrated in prominent media outlets.
DAIS GRADE 10 STUDENTS'
AWE-INSPIRING
PERFORMANCE AT WRO:

DAIS IGCSE students Micquel Devlaliwalla, Manish
Ganeshan and Aryan Pai represented DAIS and won
the silver medal, grabbing AIR2 spot for the school, in
addition to a cash prize at the World Robotics
Olympiad Nationals in the Future Engineers category.
The judges claimed that the robot our students made
was “one of the most technologically advanced” at the
competition in that category. ARAV KAUL FELICITATED
BY THE LT GOVERNER OF J&K ARAV KAUL JOINS J&K EDUCATORS FOR ROBOTICS TRAINING SESSION
SHRI MANOJ SINHA

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