Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority says the fourth National Youth Tech Championship moved from aerial drones to AI-powered ground robots, with student teams programming and navigating an endurance-style obstacle course.
Participation and training
The IMDA and Google competition, held with the Singapore Institute of Technology, drew 315 students from 66 schools. IMDA says participation was 30% higher than at the championship’s 2023 launch, and 24 teams reached the finals.
Finalists received 42 hours of training in robotics fundamentals, AI concepts, programming and competition strategy. IMDA says the robots used image recognition, positioning algorithms, colour recognition and object classification across the competition stages.
Claim boundary
The release provides participation, training and competition figures. It does not establish sustained proficiency, educational attainment or later career outcomes for participants.