ITU Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Dominican Republic — Food Security Qualifying Tournament

The ITU AI for Good Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Dominican Republic qualifying tournament ran on April 23, 2026, gathering student teams aged 10-18 to design, build, and program robots addressing the 2025-2026 edition theme of food security. Dominican Republic teams competed on a standardized game board simulating real agricultural processes — selective cultivation and irrigation, and fruit harvesting and sorting — designed to develop practical robotics and AI skills for agricultural challenges. Winners from junior and senior categories receive tickets to the Grand Finale at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva in July 2026. The competition is jointly organized by ITU and FAO as part of the 'Robotics for Good Youth Challenge 2025-2026' initiative, which engages youth in 50+ countries to solve food security challenges through robotics and AI. For the Dominican Republic — a Caribbean nation facing agricultural vulnerability to hurricanes and climate variability — the youth robotics program also builds domestic technical capacity for climate-resilient agriculture. The event is part of a global qualifying circuit spanning Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia leading to the Geneva Grand Finale, where teams compete for funding and mentorship to continue developing their agricultural AI solutions.