A group of UAE students celebrated bringing home gold medals over the weekend following a first place finish at an international robotics and science competition.

The students, known as Team UAE, emerged in the top slot earlier in the month for the Fred Smith global innovator award, named after the late FedEx founder, who was known to have an affinity for technology. Colombia won bronze and Iran won silver in the category.

The overall competition, First Global Challenge, took place in Panama from October 29 to November 1 and features competitors from 190 countries.

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