Robotics Champions: Uzbekistan’s Team Wins Gold in Incheon
Uzbekistan’s national team took first place at the FIRST Global Challenge 2026, an international robotics competition held in Incheon, South Korea, from October 7 to 10.
National teams from nearly 190 countries took part in the competition.
Uzbekistan received the FIRST Global Grand Challenge Award for the best overall performance. The team also joined the winning international alliance alongside Moldova, Venezuela and El Salvador.
Other Central Asian countries also performed well at the championship. Kazakhstan finished fourth, Turkmenistan ninth, Kyrgyzstan 18th and Tajikistan 21st.
Kazakhstan’s team won all 11 qualification matches, while Kyrgyzstan received silver in the Dr. Mae Jemison Award for International Unity category. Turkmenistan won bronze as part of an international alliance in the final tournament.
This year, participants designed and programmed robots to tackle challenges related to preventing wildfires, mitigating their impact and restoring affected areas.
The next FIRST Global Challenge will take place in Madrid, Spain, in 2027.
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