Rabat–The Lalla Asmaa Foundation, chaired by Princess Lalla Asmaa, is internet hosting the primary version of the nationwide inclusive robotics competitors “Parking au Top” on Saturday on the library of the Mohammed VI University of Health and Medical Sciences (UM6SS) in Rabat.
The occasion brings collectively almost 200 center college pupils, highschool college students, and college individuals from throughout Morocco in a shared technological and academic problem.
Notably, college students who’re deaf, exhausting of listening to, or cochlear implant customers from the Foundation’s specialised facilities are competing alongside listening to individuals below the identical technical and analysis circumstances, highlighting a robust dedication to inclusion and equal alternative.
According to an announcement from the Lalla Asmaa Foundation, the competitors showcases the innovation, creativity, and scientific excellence of Moroccan youth via the design and operation of robots able to performing trailer parking maneuvers in a two-level parking system, utilizing each remote-controlled and autonomous modes.
The initiative displays the Foundation’s perception that entry to science, expertise, and innovation is a key driver of inclusion, empowerment, and expertise improvement amongst younger folks.
The competitors is structured into two classes. The “Junior” class targets center and highschool college students, who should program remote-controlled robots to finish a precision-based technical course. The “Senior” class is devoted to school and engineering college students, with extra superior necessities together with line monitoring, impediment avoidance, and autonomous navigation.
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Beyond the competitors itself, individuals may even current their tasks and improvements earlier than a jury of consultants and professionals, a part designed to spotlight creativity and the flexibility of younger individuals to suggest authentic technological options.
Two particular distinctions might be awarded for the perfect improvements in each classes, alongside a complete of eight trophies distributed all through the primary version of the occasion. The competitors is organized with the help of the King Mohammed VI Foundation for Health Sciences and a number of other personal companions, together with Raynov and Robotics by IARETech.
This initiative continues the Lalla Asmaa Foundation’s broader efforts to advertise science and expertise amongst deaf and hard-of-hearing youth. Robotics and digital applied sciences are actually built-in into the tutorial applications of its facilities in Rabat, Tangier, and Meknes, spanning from major to highschool training, with tutorial pathways additional prolonged via partnerships in greater training.
In December 2025, the Foundation additionally strengthened its scientific engagement by signing an settlement with the Mohammed VI Foundation for Health Sciences to advance analysis on childhood deafness, notably via the research of genetic predispositions throughout the Moroccan inhabitants.