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Following DigiTec exhibition and WCIT 2019, the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises-UATE will present another major event this year, hosting one of the biggest international robotics contests – Robotex.

Ministerial delegation of WCIT 2019 visited DigiTec Expo 2019 at “Yerevan Expo” on the territory of the Mergelyan Institute. The delegation included ministers of the related fields of Bangladesh, Iraq, Brazil, Belize, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Estonia and others.

Armath Engineering Laboratories' new official website launched at Deworkracy AOKS hall on September 10th at 15:00. Representatives of the ICT sector, Armath students and coaches were present at the event.

On July 1-10, the college named after Monte Melkonian in Dilijan hosted the first flow of participants of “Armath” summer technocamp for children aged between 10 and 13. Around 220 schoolchildren and 14 team leaders from all the regions of Armenia, including Artsakh and Javakhk, participated in the camp.

At “Armath” technocamp the schoolchildren, mostly students of "Armath" engineering labs, in pre-established teams learned to create a smart management system of LED lights with the help of Arduino platform as well as receive various information about distance, lighting, colors, etc. through sensors. They also learned to assemble and program robots. The ultimate goal set for the teams was to design self-controlled robots, in particular, black line following robots.

Armath is participating in "Bett Middle East Leadership Summit & Expo" international conference-exhibition on education taking place on April 22-23 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Armath is presenting its Armenian rich experience in technology education in Abu Dhabi. Also, the robots which’ each detail and their programming solutions were created by the Armenian schoolchildren, as well as a three-in-one machine, including a 3D printer, CNC and laser routers was presented in a separate pavilion.

An Armath Engineering Laboratory was opened at the Norakert cultural center, with the support of the Municipality and efforts of the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE).

Hambardzum Matevosyan, the Governor of Armavir, Argishti Mekhakyan and Narek Mkrtchyan, Parliamentarians representing the Armavir region, Karen Vardanyan, CEO of UATE were present at the opening ceremony of Armath laboratory.

On February 20, the official opening ceremony of the 2nd Armath Engineering Laboratory in Georgia took place in the village of Heshtia of Ninotsminda region, this time thanks to trilateral cooperation.

The program will be implemented with the support of "Caritas Georgia", the Georgian Representation of the "Support to Javakheti" Foundation and the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE).

The official opening ceremony of an Armath Engineering Laboratory took place at the secondary school of Drakhtik village in Gegharkunik region.

Parliamentarian Varazdat Karapetyan, Deputy Governors of Gegharkunik Narek Grigoryan and Anushavan Ghazaryan, Head of Education, Culture and Sports Department of Gegharkunik Regional Administration Karen Zazyan, “World Vision Armenia’s” Gegharkunik Regional Development Program Coordinator Varazdat Sargsyan, Program Coordinator of Armath Engineering Laboratory Sedrak Vardanyan, teachers of Drakhtik secondary school, students and their parents attended the opening ceremony of the laboratory.

Armenian Educational Foundation (AEF) is helping shape Armenia’s future by supporting students studying in technical fields. 
AEF’s newest educational program in the burgeoning Information Technology field is its Armath Engineering Laboratories located in village schools in cooperation with Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE). With the help and generosity of AEF members and donors, Armath Laboratories started working in four village schools, Hadrut, Qajaran #1, Choratan, and Dilijan #4 in January 2019. These new labs were in addition to previously funded Armath Labs in Darbas and Stepanakert #4 schools. Three more labs are planned for 2019, including one in Lorut village school, which will bring the total number of schools which have Armath labs funded by AEF to nine. To date, AEF has committed over $77,000 to fund these nine Armath laboratories.

The Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE) has initiated and is implementing for already several years the introduction of “Armath” engineering laboratories in the schools of Armenia and Artsakh. As of January, 2016, 252 engineering laboratories-groups, including nearly 6.300 children, are operating across Armenia. The “Armath” laboratories enable the students to master principles with mathematics and exact sciences, engineering, programming and robotics basics, project and manage UAVs.

UATE Executive Director Karen Vardanyan notes that this program is unprecedented. It launched in 2014 and gained a broad international recognition within a short period of time. “Armath” received awards at WITSA Global Excellence Award as a Sustainable Development program. A number of countries (India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Namibia, Mongolia and Spain) are negotiating with the UATE to introduce the Armath laboratories in their schools.

On January 22, Armath Engineering Laboratory opened at the secondary school no. 155 in Ajapnyak administrative district.

Students and staff of the school were eagerly waiting for the establishment of an engineering laboratory. It is important to mention that the school has invested its own funds to install Armath Engineering Laboratory and increase the quality of education of its students. 
Taking into account the scarcity of donor organizations and the priority of installing Armath laboratories in borderline villages and provinces, a number of schools come up with their own initiative to provide schoolchildren with free engineering education.

In 2018, the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE) had implemented dozens of programs aimed at supporting the Science, Business and Military industries in Armenia. At the meeting with journalists, while talking about one of union’s strategic directions, Education, Mr.Aleksandr Yesayan, the President of UATE and Mr.Karen Vardanyan, the Executive Director of UATE, highlighted Armath Engineering Laboratories program.

The success of "Armath" program is conditioned by various factors. First of all, each student living in all regions of Armenia is given the opportunity to get an innovative and free education. Then, there are many platforms for students where they work as teams, get acquainted and compete with other schoolchildren, create a wide range of new interests and develop entrepreneurial skills.

Armath students from Vedi once again have come up with a creative idea.
Firstly they have transformed their 3D printer and installed a heated spiral on it. Afterward, Armathians gave a second life to the wastes collected from the electronics packaging by creating Christmas decorations like snowflakes, Christmas trees, and angels.

Yerevan hosted a 3D modeling competition on December 6, where students of 38 Armath pan-Armenian education network from Armenian marzes and Artsakh took part.
The jury awarded special prizes in the categories Robots and Robotronics, Mechanisms and Motor Industry, Armenian Historical and Cultural Monuments to the students from Chambarak high school, Gavar N5 elementary school and Nerkin Karmiraghbyur secondary school respectively.

On September 16, the 11th ArmRobotics Championship has been held at “Mkhitar Sebastatsi” Educomplex. 42 robots from all regions of Armenia and Artsakh competed in overcoming obstacles and finding a way out of the maze․

The team of the "Armath Engineering Laboratories", which recently participated in the First Global International Robotics Championship in Mexico City became finalists and took 48th place out of 180.