Subscribe options

Select your newsletters:

Please enter your email address:

@

Your email address will only be used for the purpose of sending you the ITER Organization publication(s) that you have requested. ITER Organization will not transfer your email address or other personal data to any other party or use it for commercial purposes.

If you change your mind, you can easily unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe option at the bottom of an email you've received from ITER Organization.

For more information, see our Privacy policy.

News & Media

Latest ITER Newsline

  • Fusion world | Innovative approaches and how ITER can help

    More than 30 private fusion companies from around the world attended ITER's inaugural Private Sector Fusion Workshop in May 2024. Four of them participated in a [...]

    Read more

  • Robert Aymar (1936-2024) | A vision turned into reality

    Robert Aymar, who played a key role in the development of fusion research in France and worldwide, and who headed the ITER project for 10 years (1993-2003) befo [...]

    Read more

  • The ITER community | United in a common goal

    Gathered on the ITER platform for a group photo (the first one since 2019, in pre-Covid times) the crowd looks impressive. Although several hundred strong, it r [...]

    Read more

  • Vacuum vessel | Europe completes first of five sectors

    The ITER assembly teams are gearing up to receive a 440-tonne machine component shipped from Italy—sector #5, the first of five vacuum vessel sectors expected f [...]

    Read more

  • SOFT 2024 | Dublin conference highlights progress and outstanding challenges

    Nestled in the residential suburb of Glasnevin, Dublin City University is a fairly young academic institution. When it opened its doors in 1980 it had just 200 [...]

    Read more

Of Interest

See archived entries

ITER Robots

Pre-teens can too!

Made-from-scratch movers and carriers were again on display near ITER, as the younger set took up the ITER Robots challenge.

Advanced planning, precision, patience ... just like the secondary-level competition, ITER Robots for juniors offers an opportunity to develop real-life skills and experience. © Christophe ROUX-CEA (Click to view larger version...)
Advanced planning, precision, patience ... just like the secondary-level competition, ITER Robots for juniors offers an opportunity to develop real-life skills and experience. © Christophe ROUX-CEA

From two participating schools in 2012 to sixty-five in the most recent edition, the ITER Robots contest has continued to expand and is now firmly established in the regional pedagogical landscape. Under the supportive eye of an adult mentor, students work in teams over much of the year to design and program robots to carry out the ITER-like handling tasks described in the contest's technical specifications. 

Along the way—in addition to learning a good deal about the kind of challenges ITER engineers face—the students learn valuable technical and interpersonal skills.

The winners, from St André d'Embrun, went home with a virtual reality headset. © Christophe ROUX-CEA (Click to view larger version...)
The winners, from St André d'Embrun, went home with a virtual reality headset. © Christophe ROUX-CEA
For the first time, organizer Agence Iter France has expanded its successful concept to benefit 4th, 5th and 6th graders. More than 320 people were present on 5 June to support the first Junior Challenge—10 teams competing in robotics, general culture and communication (creating a stand).

ITER Robots Junior, like the original, is organized in partnership with the ITER Organization, the Aix-Marseille academy and the Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research (IRFM, CEA).


return to the latest published articles