Just three months after its establishment, the Dewey VEX Robotics Club made an impressive debut at the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge – Bac Ninh Regional Round. Competing against 15 teams from schools and STEM clubs nationwide, Dewey’s young engineers delivered an outstanding performance, securing 1 First Prize, 1 Second Prize, and 1 Fourth Prize across both Junior and Senior categories.
This year’s Robotics for Good competition focused on robotics solutions aimed at optimizing agricultural production. Participating teams programmed robots to perform a range of tasks, including seeding, irrigation, harvesting, and fruit sorting. According to Ms. Huong Thao, Dewey’s ICT teacher: “This competition provides an invaluable opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience, applying logical thinking, design thinking, algorithms, and teamwork to solve simulated challenges. More importantly, it helps them better understand the role of technology in real life and how it can be leveraged to address practical problems.”
Two weeks prior to the competition, members of the Dewey VEX Robotics Club worked intensively to refine their robot’s design and structure to meet competition requirements. Nam Anh (6Liverpool) shared that for the fruit-harvesting task, the robot needed to be equipped with color sensors to accurately identify different types of fruit. In addition, a gyroscope was integrated to enhance the robot’s navigation and directional accuracy.
Ho Anh Phong (10Victoria) noted that the biggest challenge lay in the difference between the practice field and the actual competition arena: “The competition field was more uneven, so we had to recalibrate the programming parameters to ensure the robot could move precisely on real terrain. Since the robot operates fully autonomously after programming, its initial positioning is critical—just a few millimeters off can cause the entire sequence to fail.” Despite facing strong competitors such as FPT Schools, Dewey students remained confident and composed. Through effective coordination and strategic execution, they successfully completed all challenges and claimed top honors.
Rhee Seohyeon (7Pisa), the only female member of the Dewey VEX Robotics Club, shared: “My strength lies in robot assembly, and I used to lack confidence in programming. Since joining Dewey and the Robotics Club, I’ve improved my coding skills using Pybricks. I’m really happy that our team overcame the challenges and won Second Prize. Many people think programming is difficult for girls, but I believe that with passion and determination, anyone can pursue it.”
The achievements at the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge mark a proud milestone for the Dewey VEX Robotics Club, while also reflecting Dewey’s strong educational vision and commitment to STEM development. Through platforms like this, the school continues to nurture a generation of students equipped with scientific thinking, technological competence, and creative spirit—ready to take on larger global technology arenas in the future.
About the competition
Robotics for Good Vietnam 2026 (Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Vietnam) is the official national qualifying round of one of the world’s leading educational robotics competitions, organized under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Open to students aged 10–19 across Vietnam, the competition encourages participants to design, build, and program robots to tackle global challenges, contributing to a more sustainable future. The Vietnam round is organized by authorized local partners in alignment with the global program framework
