1,000 students from across public and private sector schools have gathered in the capital to get selected for the Robot Olympiad.

A two-day pre-selection contest to pick teams of students to take part in the upcoming World Robot Olympiad (WRO) began in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

As many as 1,000 students from across public and private sector schools have gathered in the capital to get selected for the Robot Olympiad, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, in November, under the theme Robot Explorers.

On Sunday, 300 student teams participated in the qualifying round, which will continue today at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

The two-day competition is being organised by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) to choose the best teams from different age groups such as under 13, 16 and 20 in the regular category and best five across all age groups in the open category and finally best four teams in football category. Details