On October 27-31, 2019, the “1^st Robotics Competition” among young people was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, within the framework of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The competitions are organized in 2 categories - “ROBOT SUMO” and “ROBOT FUTBOL”.

It is worth mentioning that at 1^st Robotics Competition our country was represented by a team, prepared with joint arrangements of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the AREA - Azerbaijan Academy of Robotics Engineering.

“ROBOT SUMO” team, consisting of 4^th-year undergraduate students in Computer Engineering, Emin Bayramov and Mahammad Mammadli, took part in an 18-23-year-old category, under the supervision of Rahman Rasulzade, Teacher at the School of Sciences and Engineering, Khazar University, and Founder of AREA.

It should be noted that for the first time in the competition, which was attended by representatives from more than 100 countries, Azerbaijan was ranked in the 7^th place and thus included in the top ten.

The country's media widely covered the success of the Azerbaijani team both in Azerbaijani and English languages:

http://ictnews.az/read-63882-news-1.html

https://metbuat.az/news/1282590/azerbaycan-islam-emekdasliq-teskilati-cercivesinde-1-ci-robo.html

http://ictnews.az/read.php?lang=2&content=63884

https://xeberler.az/new/details/azerbaycan-1-ci-robototexnika-yarismasinda-temsil-olunub--24471.htm

http://www.7news.az/az/azerbaycan-islam-emekdasliq-teskilati-cercivesinde-1-ci-robototexnika-yarismasinda-temsil-olunub/

https://apa.az/az/infrastruktur/azerbaycan-i̇et-in-1-ci-robototexnika-yarismasinda-temsil-olunub-557286

http://yeniazerbaycan.com/SonXeber_e56973_az.html