{"id":13351,"date":"2026-02-09T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/?p=13351"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:30:11","slug":"how-future-engineers-use-matlab-and-simulink-at-world-robot-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/2026\/02\/09\/how-future-engineers-use-matlab-and-simulink-at-world-robot-olympiad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Future Engineers Use MATLAB and Simulink at World Robot Olympiad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MathWorks began partnering with the <\/span>World Robot Olympiad (WRO)<\/span><\/a> last season (2025) to support student teams using modeling and simulation as part of their robotics workflows. As part of this partnership, we introduced the <\/span>MathWorks Modeling Award<\/span><\/a>, which recognizes teams that demonstrate creativity and technical skill using MATLAB and Simulink in their project designs <\/span><\/div>\n
The Pythons, winners of the MathWorks Modeling Award in the Future Engineers category, used MATLAB and Simulink to support their autonomous driving solution. The Future Engineers category is designed for older students (ages 14\u201322), with a challenge that changes every 3\u20134 years and currently focuses on building a robot with a steering drive that can navigate a track autonomously. <\/span><\/div>\n
For today\u2019s blog, we\u2019re joined by The Pythons, who will share their robot design and describe how MATLAB and Simulink supported their development process. Over to you\u2026 <\/span><\/div>\n
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Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n
We are The Pythons<\/span><\/a>, an Egyptian robotics team founded by Innova STEM Education Co. in 2016 and based in Alexandria, Egypt. This was our first time participating in the World Robot Olympiad (WRO), and over the years we have also taken part in several local and international robotics competitions, including RoboCup Junior. Our goal as a team is to contribute to the robotics field and explore how robotics can be used to improve people\u2019s lives through hands-on engineering challenges.<\/div>\n
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Meet our Robot<\/span><\/h2>\n
To tackle the autonomous driving challenge, we designed a robot centered around the Raspberry Pi 5, which handles all major processing tasks. Our system is responsible for:<\/div>\n