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which provide the necessary resources to Wesley Hood, Education Specialist for
maintain this flagship event. “On behalf of RS Components SA commented: “RS
the students and the engineering faculty, I Components’ continued involvement in
would like to thank RS Components South this project is in line with the company’s
Africa for assisting us with the various education vision of supporting both
components, batteries and support over professional and future engineers by
the years. We look forward to future giving them access to the components
engagements with them,” she added. and tools they require to excel. This
is further echoed in the DesignSpark
The TUKS Robot Race Day offers students platform which is a free-to-join online
the opportunity to put theory into practice. technical community for engineers,
Students are required to build autonomous innovators and tinkerers of all ages from
robotic vehicles, with a sensor system able around the world. This platform has more
to detect specific colours on the multi- than a million members, who can be of
coloured track, which is developed as part of assistance to students and engineers
their analogue electronics module. The Race working on real-world applications. I urge
Day also gives them a platform to work as all students to register on the site and be
a team and to demonstrate innovation and a part of this global community. I would
Robot Race Day official Elizabeth Stanley technical skills in developing these robots. also like to commend Professor Hanekom
with one of her robots. and her team for their tremendous efforts
The 2021 Robot Race Day winners, Eben to make the Robot Race Day an annual
Prof Hanekom also added that the Benade, Dylan Bailie, Berno Myburg and success.”
educational objectives of the Robot Race Jean Pierre De La Rey, were elated after their
Day were strongly supported by the robot raced in the grand final on 28 August View a short video of the event here:
university’s partnerships with industry, 2021 with a winning time of 9.8 seconds. https://youtu.be/G2tOCS228U4

Third year engineering students await the countdown for the final race. One of the cars powered by RSPRO’s 9v battery racing past the competition.

Some last minute fine-tuning before the start of the final race. Robots of all shapes and sizes took to the track.

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