TIS is Wired Up in Japan | 天津思锐外籍人员子女学校日本东京机器人大赛

　　This past weekend, ten of our students participated in the ASIJ Robotics competition in Tokyo, Japan.

　　上周末，我们的高中学生前往日本东京参加了ASIJ机器人大赛!

　　n this year’s game, the teams built robots from scratch that could stack cubes and move them into scoring goals. They also lifted cubes and scored them in point multiplying goals to earn even more points.

　　Each year the game changes, so the students are required to solve new and exciting engineering problems. This year’s students performed very well in the competition with two teams making it to the quarterfinals and one team making it to the semifinals of the tournament. The games were very close and exciting. One of our teams also took home the sportsmanship award, exemplifying the excellent way that our students represented TIS during the tournament.

　　在今年的比赛中，各个参赛队伍从零开始建造机器人，这些机器人可以堆叠方块并将方块移动到得分点。他们还能举起方块移动到加倍得分点，从而获得更多点数。每年的游戏规则都在变化，所以每次学生都要解决新的令人兴奋的工程问题。今年TIS的学生们在比赛中表现很好，两支队伍进入四分之一决赛，一队闯进了半决赛。比赛非常激烈，令人兴奋。我们的一支队伍还获得了体育精神奖，他们在比赛中的表现，完美诠释了天津思锐外籍人员子女学校学生们的精神面貌。

    Our students were also able to enjoy one day of touring around Tokyo. We went up the Skytree tower to see a view of Tokyo, crossed the famous Shibuya intersection, and enjoyed the great food Tokyo has to offer. We are thankful for a great trip and hope our students can continue to pursue excellence in engineering and robotics throughout the year.

　　我们的学生还在东京参加了一日游。我们登上天空之树塔俯瞰东京，穿过著名的涉谷十字路口，享受东京的美食。我们感谢这次比赛之行，也希望我们的学生能够在接下来的一年中继续在工程技术和机器人技术方面追求卓越。