Four teams will represent Kazakhstan at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in the USA.

The largest robotics championship in Central Asia has concluded in Astana. More than 3,000 schoolchildren from five countries participated in the event. 200 teams, having earned quotas during preliminary championships held in Kazakhstan and abroad, competed for the title of best.

The championship was held in three age categories as part of the global FIRST program.

As a result, in the FLL Explore age category (6–10 years), the team IQRobots from the capital's Quantum STEM School won a trip to Houston, USA.

In the FLL Challenge age category (10–16 years), the winning team was Shym Side from the city of Shymkent.

In the FIRST Tech Challenge age category (12–18 years), the winning teams were Bolt.m3 from RFMSH and Yaku from NIS FMN, both from the city of Almaty.

Trips to London were won by the teams: "Zhamakaev" from NIS FMN in Almaty, "124" from School No. 124 in Almaty, and Queue from BIL in Almaty.

Additionally, individual invitations to Houston were awarded according to the global Dean’s List ranking of outstanding students to Aisha Almat from the Quant team in Astana and Tomiris Ongarbek from the "124" team in Almaty. Furthermore, based on the results of in-person interviews, 28 grants were awarded for study at Kazakhstani and foreign universities.