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During Expoagro Afubra 2025, students from several cities in Rio Grande do Sul participated in another edition of the Green is Life Robotics Championship – Regional Stage.
The event took place in Agro Innovation Space and promoted an essential integration between education, technology and sustainability process.
In addition, the competition attracted students from public and private schools from Santa Cruz do Sul, Venancio Aires, Sobradinho, Tigre Stream, South Waterfall, Candelaria and Agudo.
With this, the practical tests stimulated skills such as programming, electronics, mechanics and teamwork.
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Practical tests value applied knowledge
The participating teams faced five distinct challenges, with up to 300 seconds per round to carry out their missions.
Thus, robots needed to perform tasks such as collect milk, waste and agricultural objects, simulating common situations in everyday family farming.
In addition to the traditional stages, the championship included a robot battle, scheduled for the Thursday of the event.
In this challenge, the objective was to push the opposing robot out of the arena, requiring strength, strategy and agility from the competitors.
According to the pedagogical coordinator of the Green is Life project, Professor Jose Leon Macedo Fernandes, the championship values the practical application of school content.
As he highlighted, the event makes learning more meaningful by connecting theory to the reality of the field and innovation.
Young people are already planning careers in technology
Among the participants, the student Bernardo Pleentz, 13 years old, represented the Emef Vidal of Negreiros, from Santa Cruz do Sul.
According to him, robotics expanded his interest in technology.
Therefore, Bernardo wants to pursue a career as programmer, studying Software Engineering.
Furthermore, he highlighted that the after-school classes, three times a week, prepared him for the challenges of the competition.
In this way, the event's audience reinforced his motivation to deepen his knowledge and seek new experiences.
Another enthusiastic participant was Laura Camara Marari, 12 years old, student at Marist College of Saint Louis.
Although she is in the 7th grade, Laura has been studying robotics since the first years of elementary school.
According to her, robotics is more than a school activity: it is a passion that inspires future dreams.
Robotics as an active learning tool
According to the teacher Fabricio Jose Noronha, responsible for the robotics project at Colégio Marista São Luís, teaching the subject directly impacts performance in mathematics, physics and engineering.
Furthermore, he reinforces that robotics promotes creativity, autonomy, cooperation and critical thinking.
Therefore, bringing students to a real environment like Expoagro allows them put into practice the knowledge acquired in the classroom.
With this, the event broadens students' vision and brings them closer to areas with great potential for professional and social growth.
According to Noronha, experiences like this demonstrate how robotics can function as a bridge between traditional education and the demands of an increasingly technological and dynamic market.
