Achievements and Awards
Our purpose and goal at SmartPeek Academy is to find creative ways to expose young students to STEAM education and careers, to ignite a passion for STEAM at a very young age, lay the foundation for a very bright future, and then let them decide which path to follow; and that’s why we offer them the opportunity to participate in various STEAMÂ competitions. To indulge in the one of a kind hands-on experience and unleash their true potential.
FIRST Championships
FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) inspires young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
For more information visit their official website: https://www.firstinspires.org/
FIRST LEGO League Discover (Jr. FLL Discovery Edition)
This playful introductory STEM program ignites young students’ natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO® DUPLO® bricks. (Previously known as Jr. FLL Discovery Edition)
For more information visit their official website: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll
Our Awards:
Year 2019:
- Jr. FLL – Discovery Edition, Egypt – 5 teams
FIRST LEGO League Explore (Jr. FLL)
In Explore (previously known as Jr. FLL), teams of students ages 6-10 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0.
For more information visit their official website: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll
Our Awards:
Year 2019:
- Jr. FLL (Mission Moon), Egypt – 13 Teams
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Year 2018:
- Jr. FLL (Aqua Adventure), Egypt – 10 Teams
- Jr. FLL International Championship, Houston, Texas – Creative Show Award
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Year 2017:
- Jr. FLL (Creature Craze), Egypt – 6 Teams
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Year 2016:
- Jr. FLL (waste Wise), Egypt – 4 Teams
FIRST LEGO League Challenge (FLL)
FIRST® LEGO® League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age. From Discover, to Explore, and then to Challenge, students will understand the basics of STEM and apply their skills in an exciting competition while building habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way.
For more information visit their official website: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/fll
Our Awards:
Year 2019 (Into Orbit):
- FLL Egypt – 3rd place Programming, EgyptÂ
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Year 2018 (Hydro Dynamics):
- FLL Egypt – 6 TeamsÂ
- Year 2017 (Animal Allies):
- FLL Egypt – 3rd place Programming
- FLL Egypt – 4th place Programming
- FLL Egypt – 3rd place Core Values
- FLL Egypt – 2nd place Project
- FLL Egypt – 3rd place Robot PerformanceÂ
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Year 2016 (Trash Trek):
- FLL Egypt 1st place – Robot Performance
- FLL Egypt 1st place – Innovative Solution dapibus leo.
FIRST Teach Challenge (FTC)
FIRSTÂ Tech Challenge students learn to think like engineers. Teams design, build, and code robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. Robots are built from a reusable platform, powered by Android technology, and can be coded using a variety of levels of Java-based programming.
For more information visit their official website: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/ftc
Our Awards:
Year 2018:
- FTC Egypt– 1st Place (Egypt Champion)
- Participant in FTC International Championships in Houston, Texas (Egypt’s representative team)
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Year 2017:
- FTC Egypt – 2nd Place
All Japan Sumo Tournament
The official name is the “All Japan Robot-Sumo Tournament.” Robot-Sumo has been held since 1989, and participants are competing with their own robot sumo wrestlers using technology and their imaginations. There are two categories, the high school tournament and the all-Japan tournament, and the latter is held at the Ryougoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Two robots are placed in a sumo ring, and the winner is determined when one of them is pushed out of the ring.
For more information visit their official website: https://www.fsi.co.jp/sumo/en/index.html
Our Awards:
Arab Robotics Challenge
It’s an international regional Arab Robotics event that takes place in a different country every year. where teams from different Arab countries come in and show off their STEM skills, learn, and most importantly having fun! All competing to win the title the ARAB CHAMPION in various competitions. ARC’s mean aim is to empower young Arab leaders and welcome them into a community of STEM Enthusiasts, Experts, and students.
For more information visit their official website: http://arabrobotics.org/Home?lang=en
Our Awards:
- Line Following (Advanced) – 1st place (Arab Champion)
- Line Following (Beginners) – 1st place (Arab Champion)
- FTC – 1st Place (Arab Champion)
- Line Following – 1st place (Arab Champion)
- Line Following – 4th place
- FLL – 3rd place in Core Value
- FLL – Judges Award
- Ball Collector – Judges Award
- FTC – 1st Place (Arab Champion)
- Line Following – 5th place
- Jr. FLL – Effort and Learning Award
Open Robot Challenge Egypt (ORCE)
Open Robot Challenge Egypt consists of four competitions for youth starting from 8 years and all they up to university level. The tournament is sponsored by the Arab Robotics Association. The tournament offers 4 competitions for the youth to design, build and program a robot for: Robot Sumo – Line following – Ball Collector – Open Challenge.
For more information visit their official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ORCE2017/
Our Awards:
Line Following Competitions:
- ORCE Line Following Beginner – 2nd place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
- ORCE Line Following Beginner – 4th placeÂ
- ORCE Line Following Advanced – 1st place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
- ORCE Line Following Advanced – 2nd place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
- ORCE Line Following Advanced – 4th placeÂ
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Ball Collector Competitions:
- ORCE Ball Collector Beginner – 1st place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
- ORCE Ball Collector Beginner – 2nd place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
- ORCE Ball Collector Beginner – 3rd place
- ORCE Ball Collector Beginner – Best Design
- ORCE Ball Collector Beginner – Best StrategyÂ
- ORCE Ball Collector Advanced – 2nd place ((Nominated to represent Egypt in Arab championship in Kuwait)
Line Following Competitions
- Line Following – 1st Place
- Line Following – 1st Place (repetitive)Â
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Ball Collector Competitions:
- Ball Collector – 1st Place
- Ball Collector – 2nd place
- Ball Collector – 4th Place
- Ball Collector – Judges AwardÂ
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Robot Sumo:
- Robot Sumo – 1st Place
All Egypt Sumo Tournament
The National Tournament for Robot SUMO in Egypt that qualify to the International Robot SUMO Tournament in Japan
For more information visit their official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AllEgyptRobotSumoTournament/
Our Awards:
VEX Robotics Competition
In the VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play against other teams in a game-based engineering challenge. Classroom STEM concepts are put to the test as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. Tournaments are held year-round at the regional, state, and national levels and culminate at the VEX Robotics World Championship each April!
For more information visit their official website: https://www.vexrobotics.com/
Our Awards:
WRO (World Robot Olympiads)
The World Robot Olympiad is a global robotics competition for young people. The World Robot Olympiad competition uses Lego Mindstorms manufactured by LEGO Education to create a robot that does a specific set of tasks on the game table.
For more information visit the official website: https://wro-association.org/
Our Awards:
- WRO 2015 Junior High Category 1st Place in Egypt
- WRO 2015 Elementary Category 2nd place in Egypt
- WRO 2015 Elementary Category 3rd place in Egypt
- WRO 2015 Elementary Category 4th place in Egypt
Robofest
Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Computer Science. Students design, construct, and program the robots. Any robotics kits are allowed in the construction of robots. Robots can be programmed with any programming language. Robofest programs support Computer Science for All.
For more information visit the official website:Â https://www.robofest.net/
Our Awards:
- Robofest 2019 – Robo Parade – Judging Award (2 Teams) in Egypt
- Robofest 2018 – Robo Parade – Judges award Team Spirit in Egypt
- Robofest 2018 – Robo Parade – Judges award Robot Design in Egypt
- Robofest 2018 – Robo Parade – Judges award Programming in Egypt
- Robofest 2018 – Robo Parade – 3rd place in Egypt
- Robofest 2018 – Robo Parade – 2nd place in Egypt
- Robofest 2017 – Robo Parade – 2nd place in Egypt
- Robofest 2017 – Robo Parade – 1st place Mechanical Design in Egypt
- Robofest 2017 – Robo Parade – 1st place Artistic Design in Egypt
- Robofest 2016 Senior Category 2nd Place in Egypt
- Robofest 2016 Junior Category 3rd Place in Egypt
- Robofest 2016 Junior Category 1st Place (Nominated to represent Egypt in the international championships held in the USA)
- Robofest 2015 Junior Category 1st Place (Nominated to represent Egypt in the international championships held in the USA)
Minesweepers
Minesweepers is an international robotic competition on humanitarian demining that aims at motivating researchers and developers to work on innovative solutions for this serious problem.
For more information visit their official website: http://landminefree.org/
Our Awards:
- Best Team Spirt Award, Egypt
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Year 2019:
- 1st Place, Egypt – qualified to represent Egypt in the international championship in Germany
- 6th Place, Egypt – qualified to represent Egypt in the African Championship in Dahab, Egypt
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Egypt’s Science & Robotics Carnival
Year 2019:
- Best Recycling Project – 1st Place
- Best Design – 1st Place
- All Criteria’s teams – 2nd Place
RoboGames
RoboGames is the Olympics of Robots – we invite the best minds from around the world to compete in over 50 different events: combat robots, fire-fighters, LEGO bots, hockey bots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu. Some robots are autonomous, some are remote controlled – but they’re all cool! As an open event, anyone can compete – this means you.
For more information visit their official website: http://robogames.net/index.php
Our Awards:
- Bowling Jr., Egypt – 3rd Place
- Mega Sumo, Egypt – 3rd Place
