Ayb School and VivaCell-MTS have summed up the results of their cooperation

The Ayb School robotics team continues to present our country on the international platform with distinction. VivaCell-MTS has a contribution in these achievements through cooperation, the press service of VivaCell-MTS has told ArmInfo. 

The football playing robots created by students of Ayb School were successfully presented during the World Robot Olympiad in Sochi in 2014. Football playing robots as well as fire- fighting and line tracking robots and UAVs were demonstrated in the robotics lab, together with the projects that are currently in the focus of Ayb students.

"In Armenia the lack of the necessary knowledge, experience and infrastructure hinders the rapid development of many fields. The robotics field, though, is in a phase of rapid growth, where amateur groups very often produce more effective results than experienced research institutions do," noted Aram Pakhchanian, principal of Ayb School.

"VivaCell-MTS attaches great importance to revealing and nurturing the creative potential in young people. We are where we see such an opportunity. It is a pleasure to witness the efforts of robotics students crowned with success," commented VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

The Ayb School robotics lab was founded with the financial support of VivaCell-MTS in 2013. Since then, the students have brought to life their ideas in computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, actively participated in national and international competitions, achieving significant results. Thus, in 2012, two of the three Ayb robotics teams, participating in "ArmRobotics" open competition, took the first two places, and in 2014 the Ayb robotics team led the chart in the same competition with distinction. In 2013, the Ayb robotics team was awarded a special prize for its "AybStorm" robot as the best theoretical solution at the "Fire Fighting Home Robot" international contest held at Trinity College (Connecticut, USA) hosting more than 130 teams representing 7 countries.  The two teams from Ayb School also took part in 2014 World Robot Olympiad in Sochi, presenting our country with honor. The team has recorded other achievements as well.

The school robotics team is currently involved in a number of competition and non- competition projects. For participation in the "Fire Fighting Home Robot" contest to be held in 2016 at Trinity College, the team is constructing a fire-fighting robot, as well as a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).
Also, a presentation of UAVs is planned in Artsakh this summer.

For the exchange of experience, research and consultation, teachers from other schools, collaborating with Ayb, as well as the representatives of other teams have used the robotics lab of the school.
VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia's leading mobile operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market.  The company follows the guidance provided by ISO 26000 (International Standard of Social Responsibility). 
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT).