Robotics Training Week

The Mauritius Research Council (MRC), a parastatal, not-for profit organization operating under the aegis of the Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation, is organising a Robotics Training Week. The workshops will be run in parallel for four days starting from 22nd November till 27th November, from 9am till 4pm (excluding Sat 25th and Sun 26th). On the 28th there will be a pre-selection exercise in each school where the 50 best projects from each school will be chosen.

Around 1,000 students aged between 11 and 20 will be trained. The courses will be delivered in parallel in each of the four educational zones of Mauritius, i.e. 250 students will be trained per educational zone.

Since December 2016, the Council has initiated a program focussed on the use of Robotics and Programming as one of the key tools for attracting, initiating, encouraging the younger generation to learn Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The ultimate objective is to build capacity in technology driven innovation in Mauritius.

In light of the above, the MRC is organising three (3) parallel hands on training, as detailed below:

• IOT driven Home and Industrial Automation using Raspberry Pi – (400 students aged 15 -20 to be trained)

• Introduction to Humanoid/ Walking Robot (400 students aged 11 to 15 to be trained)

• Introduction to Haptic Controlled Robot (200 students aged 11 to 15 to be trained)

• During the workshop, each student will be given a kit which they will use to build and program a robot which they can take home and experiment further with online assistance from the resource persons.

Venue

MoEHRSR has provided us with the following four schools for delivering the courses:

• Droopnath Ramphul SC

• Dr Maurice Curé SSS

• Royal College Curepipe

• Sir Leckraz Teeluck SSS

Robot competition Workshop

• On the 29th November 2017, a competition will be held among the 50 best students from each zone in a central location to be communicated in due course.

• Participants will be given a certificate of attendance.

• Winners of the competition will be awarded prizes.