Drone by Drone participated as a collaborating company in the 17th edition of the First Lego League Euskadi, held at the University of Deusto. At the Deusto University's Bilbao campus alone, a total of 20 schools from across Bizkaia participated, comprising 49 teams (30 Challenge + 19 Explore) with a total of 414 students.
In collaboration with Innobasque, the event organizer, and the University of Deusto, a drone piloting workshop was held throughout the morning as part of the Opengune activities. This workshop was open to all attendees who wished to fly mini-drones or toy drones in a designated area, with guidance from our flight instructors.
Demonstration flights were also conducted outdoors with professional drones from the University of Deusto's football field, allowing the footage to be viewed in real time on the event's screens. The flights were conducted using the DJI Matrice 4TD, allowing attendees to appreciate the incredible capabilities of this drone, equipped with a powerful zoom, thermal imaging camera, laser rangefinder, and onboard real-time AI module.
The Technical Director of Drone by Drone presented the award for best coach of the Tournament to the coach of the IES Trueba team.
And to conclude the day, we delivered the envelopes to the two winning teams of this edition via drone during the awards ceremony, much to the delight of the attendees.
The winners of this edition in Bilbao were:
1st Prize: INGENIERA SOY INGENIERA SOY for AZHIRUDE from Begoñazpi Ikastola Bilbao
2nd Prize: INNOBASQUE for NOVA HERITAGE from Begoñazpi Ikastola Bilbao
In addition to the drone operator from Bizkaia, numerous institutions, companies, and organizations collaborated on the development of the First Lego League. These institutions include the Basque Government's Department of Education, the Provincial Councils of Álava, Bizkaia, and Gipuzkoa, Fomento de San Sebastián, Bilbao Ekintza – Bilbao City Council, and the Mondragón City Council.
The Basque BIoDesign Center, BC Materials, and Ikerlan collaborated as research and technological development centers.
The companies collaborating on this edition are Alzola, Aranzadi, Arrasate, Ausolan, Batz, BBK, Cicauto, Danobatgroup, Doplay, Drone by Drone, Erreka, Fagor, Iberdrola, Krean, Lana, Laboral Kutxa, LKS Next, Lortek, Maier, Mondragon Corporación, Salto, Multiverse, Ondoan, Orbik, Salto, Ulma, and Vital Kutxa.
Participating in this event, as usual, is a true pleasure for us, as we help encourage creativity in children and, at the same time, are inspired by their enthusiasm and excitement. It was undoubtedly a rewarding day for us, and we hope it was for all the attendees as well.
