FIRST and WRO Robotics Competitions in South Africa FIRST (For Inspiration in Robotics Science and Technology) and WRO (World Robot Olympiad) are two robotics competitions in South Africa that use the...
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Category: Robotics
Robotics for kids and adults There is as much a growing need for adults to learn and develop STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) skills as there is for kids! The Centurion Robotics...
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Lego Mindstorms EV3 Where to find it in South Africa So much have been published on the fantastic Lego Mindstorms EV3 set produced and distributed globally by Lego Education. In South Africa ‘...
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Why consider robotics at school level? There are many reasons why schools and parents should consider robotics at school level. Here are my top three reasons: Children develop their understanding of...
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Why robotics for young children? In 2015, Marina Bers, a Professor at Tufts University in Boston, published a whitepaper out the learning outcomes of an eight week robotics curriculum for kids aged be...
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FTC South African Qualifying Tournament 2018 The FTC South African Qualifying tournament will be taking place on the 3rd of March 2018 in the SAP Auditorium of the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Jo...
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Introducing FIRST SA graduate: Heiko Kabutz The STEM blog of South Africa is all about STEM, STEMed, robotics and other industrial technology in South Africa. I have had the privilege of personall...
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So many events so little time! This post has one simple purpose – to spread the news on upcoming STEM, robotics and industry events for 2018. I may not have all the information on every event,...
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Robotics is becoming an increasingly hot topic The reality is humans are fragile and weak Robotic and automated material handling is especially valuable in areas, laboratories and manufacturing plants...
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This is an amazing piece of 3D printing work! The T8 spider robot from RobugTix ( +Robugtix ) weighs 1.00kg and is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper. Just watch the video and see how smooth ...
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