On the 22nd of February, Wells’ Robotics students did their part to ensure humankind need not become robot-like by designing and operating robots to do the dirty work for us. This year’s International Robotics tournament (IRC) was held at Pan-Asia International School. Teams from 40 countries qualified for the international round. Wells Robotics club sent 5 teams to compete.

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The competition was based on an apocalyptic scenario where natural disasters and man-made tragedies combined to make an area inaccessible to humans. Designing robots that could enter the area delivering medical supplies and replanting trees in appropriate locations stretched the engineering and designing skills of all teams. 

The 5 teams competing for Wells were:

Category 1: Sung-Bin and Khushi Jain,  who received an Honorable Mention

Category 1: Poorvi Daga and Muskan Gurbuxani, 3rd Place Bronze Medal

Category 2: Uday Saihgal, 3rd Place Bronze Medal

Category 3: Mardtin Salter-Townshend and Jay Ghervaria, 3rd Place Bronze Medal

Category 4: Patrick Salter-Townshend, 2nd Place Silver Medal

With every Wells team getting an award or a medal and all teams learning and sharing their knowledge, it was a tremendous success. Narrowly missing out on a scholarship of 100,000 baht for first place, our teams have resolved to aim higher next year! 

Written By: Brian Salter-Townshend, Robotics Advisor

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Founded in 2009, Technovation Challenge is a global technology entrepreneurship competition for girls ages 10 to 18. As stated on the official website, their goal is to “to inspire and support girls and women to become creators and innovators.” Participants work in teams “to learn how identify a problem in their community and develop a mobile app to solve it.”

This is the the first year that Technovation Challenge is open to Thailand. On Saturday, March 17, Ms. Racha Bella, the Technovation Thailand Ambassador, hosted a workshop at �ۿ۴�ý that was open to all participating teams in Bangkok. Participants learned how to make efficient prototypes for their apps, and about the process of creating a business plan for apps as well.

Thank you to Technovation Thailand for sharing your knowledge and expertise with the students!

Looking forward to more workshops to come!

Written By: Mr. Henry Liou

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