Riobamba, Ecuador – March 2024 - The Santo Tomás Apóstol Educational Unit in Riobamba (UESTAR) experienced an important event on 15 March 2024, with the blessing and opening of its modern robotics laboratories. Institutional authorities, parents, students and teachers participated in the event. The Dean of UESTAR, Ximena Díaz, opened the ceremony by welcoming all those present and highlighted the value of this new space for the institution. Subsequently, the blessing of the laboratories was carried out by Fr Fausto Siavichay, SDB, from the Riobamba Community, who stressed the importance of technological progress in harmony with ethical and moral principles. The authorities present, led by Fr Rubinsky Sánchez, Rector of the Riobamba community, and Kléber Saltos, President of the Central Committee of Parents, stressed the importance of these robotics laboratories in the context of secondary education and technological development in the country. The need to train highly qualified students in this field, suitable for facing the challenges and exploiting the opportunities offered by robotics in contemporary society, was also stressed. Subsequently, guests had the opportunity to visit the modern facilities of the laboratory led by UESTAR professors who illustrated the latest equipment and technologies available for research and learning in this area.