Diego Leonardo Alfaro from Education Unit 3 de Mayo stood out among the 72 student contestants across the country.
Diego Leonardo Alfaro, a student of educational unit 3 de Mayo in the municipality of Caraparí, won first place in the Disruptive Inventors category at the FIRST Bolivian Robotics tournament organized by the Agency for Electronic Government and Information and Communication Technologies (Agetic).
My project is using solar energy for a wheelchair. (…) I was inspired by the fact that I know a person from the community of San Alberto who has a motor disability with his legs and has difficulty going to school to work. I also have my grandmother with a disability because she had a spine operation, that was my motivation to help them.
Diego Leonardo Alfaro
Tournament details
The competition is aimed at Bolivian teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18. 72 students participated in the final phase.
Students compete in two categories:
- Disruptive inventors: intended for young people from the countryside, whose participation is individual and with the mentoring of a tutor.
- Disruptive technologists: designed for groups of three students and a tutor who are tasked with developing a prototype that meets certain challenges.
Eight students per department are selected in both categories.
Promoting equal opportunities
“First Bolivia” is the largest robotics competition in the country. Agetic manages and promotes this tournament to provide equal opportunities to students in urban and rural areas and break the digital gender and territorial divide.
With his innovative solar-powered wheelchair, Diego Leonardo Alfaro not only demonstrated exceptional robotics skills, but also stood out for his commitment to sustainability and the use of renewable energy to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Their project is an inspiring example of how technology and sustainability can come together to create practical and meaningful solutions.
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