Infobip’s ‘Alpha Centauri’ Campus Hosts Innovation Day Showcasing Student Robotics, Creativity and Innovative Ideas

This Saturday, May 11, Infobip’s “Alpha Centauri” campus in Zagreb will host Innovation Day, showcasing robots, creativity and innovative ideas from students throughout Croatia. The event is the culmination of a four-year educational project by STEMI, Infobip, and A1, with the support of many partners. Over 500 students and over a hundred teachers have been working on creating, programming and designing dancing robots, AI applications and IoT programs for the past six months.

Last year’s competition winners were from Rovišće Elementary School who participated in the “Robotics and Automated Systems” category. Their mentor, Davorka Medvedovi, expressed deep satisfaction in seeing their effort, dedication and teamwork resulting in great success. This victory motivated the students to take on mentorship roles for this year’s competition, furthering their growth and development.

Bjelovar High School students also found success in last year’s competition, surprising their mentor Mihaela Kelava with their win. Along with technical challenges they had to balance their school schedule to focus on the demanding task at hand. Kelava emphasized the importance of drawing student interest and engagement in projects like these noting that a robust “pre-election campaign” is needed to involve students successfully.

In addition to high school students sixth graders from Orehovica Elementary School in Orehovica were recognized for their chatbot project. Their mentor Tanja Oreški expressed pride and surprise at their success highlighting the importance of hard work diligence persistence teamwork mutual respect to achieve goals.

Last year students from Bjelovar Technical School received recognition for their initiative in building their own hexapods. Their mentor Ljudevit Sakal saw this victory as a great motivation for other students to get involved in robotics technical projects. The success of the students in these innovative programs has not only brought recognition to their schools but has also encouraged interest growth in STEM field among