The Helderberg Robotics club has put yet another successful Olympiad behind them. Two of the teams will now compete in the International World Robot Olympiad in New Delhi, India on 26 November.
The club also participated in the Western Province leg of the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) at Parklands College on 13 August, enrolling four teams for three different categories.
The Techno Junkies took part in the Explorer category, which is a category for beginner Roboteers, where they achieved second place and were awarded silver medals for their effort.
The Robo Appies team took fourth place and were invited to the South African leg of the WRO on 10 September in Pretoria.
The two robot soccer teams took first and second place and were awarded Gold and Silver medals which allowed the team to represent the Western Province at the National competition. Below are pictures of their awards.
The National World Robot Olympiad took place at TUT in Pretoria on 10 September.
Rockwell South Africa assisted the Club to travel and participate in this elite competition.
The Robo Appies team excelled in Cape Town, surprising the audience by scoring full marks in their event 100/100.
Unfortunately, three other teams also scored full marks by completing the challenge in a quicker time, which then resulted in them not being invited for the Internationals.
The competition on the Robot Soccer tables was intense. After the Round Robin, both teams made it to the semi-finals and Ayrton and Joshua of team Polar Pandas finished with bronze medals. Cody and Jarret of team Mecha Strikers came second, receiving silver medals at the nationals
