ERIDANUS Marketing Corp. proudly supported award-winning students and robotic enthusiasts at the 11th Robotics Championship International Competition held in Oradea, Romania, last April.

Two teams from Santa Rosa, Laguna, emerged victorious, having won first and second place in the Freestyle Innovative Category, besting contestants from 11 countries such as China, Poland, Egypt and Romania, among others.

Headed by President and CEO Edwina Olivar, Eridanus Marketing Corp., the brand under the Eridanus Learning Center for Robotics, flew seven students to Romania for the three-day competition to foster ingenuity and creativity while exposing world-class young Filipino talents to the world.

Bagging the top award under the Freestyle Innovative Category were Matthew James Perilla from Don Jose Integrated High School, Cydric John Javier, Lorenz Ian Aliño, and Rein Eunice de Jesus from Labas Senior High School.

Called “Collectiboat,” this awardwinning project is an alternative water waste collector that accumulates trash on the surface of the water, specifically on lakes and moves it through a conveyor into the trash bins. It is even designed to enter drainage systems to help alleviate the causes of flooding. It has a filtration system that filters dirt and oil.

Meanwhile, Fast and Low-cost Observation for Worldwide Earthquakes or Project “FLOW” by Florenz Onile Gertes, Lawrence delos Reyes, and Audrina Lorraine Tapay from Santa Rosa Science and Technology High School finished second place in a similar category.

Project “FLOW” is built to make navigation during disasters easier by using camera motion to detect earthquakes. When a temblor shakes the ground, the system swiftly responds by automatically opening gates and activating visual and audio cues such as LEDs and buzzers, enabling people to take necessary precautions and evacuate quickly and safely.

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