{"id":47096,"date":"2024-02-06T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/leading-sa-robotics-team-in-pinelands-wins-wc-regionals-soon-to-compete-at-nationals-20240206\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:09:29","slug":"leading-sa-robotics-team-in-pinelands-wins-wc-regionals-soon-to-compete-at-nationals-20240206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/leading-sa-robotics-team-in-pinelands-wins-wc-regionals-soon-to-compete-at-nationals-20240206\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading SA robotics team in Pinelands wins WC regionals soon to compete at nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Texpand, a Cape Town community robotics team ranging in age<br>\nfrom 12 to 17, based in Pinelands, is the first South African team to win the<br>\nfirst-place Think Award at the First Tech Challenge (FTC) world champs last<br>\nyear, and are the front runners to win the SA Nationals to be held on Saturday<br>\n17 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Texpand started competing in the SA FTC in 2020 it has<br>\nbeen ranked number 1 in the game. On Saturday 27 January, Texpand won the<br>\nWestern Cape regionals competition for this year\u2019s season, dubbed CenterStage,<br>\nunbeaten in all their qualifying matches as well as the semi-final and final<br>\nmatches, \u201cwhich they played with their selected alliance team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_edfcded7\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Texpand\u2019s robotics know no bounds, Team Teaxpand, \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10639\/d7936369d33742669119873308249c19.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/d592b2c1f0424f43aa20f3219f16e480.jpg\" title=\"Texpand, a Cape Town community robotics team based in Pinelands, is the first South African team to win first place for the Think Award at the world championships.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Texpand, a Cape Town community robotics team based in Pinelands, is the first South African team to win first place for the Think Award at the world championships.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>FTC is an international robotics competition, which makes a<br>\nsport out of robotics by organising competitive matches, according to one of<br>\nthe team\u2019s coaches, Michelle Buckle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis provides challenging and exciting hands-on<br>\nopportunities for high-school students to develop practical stem skills, while<br>\nhaving fun,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey would have qualified for the world championships<br>\nbefore 2023, but because of Covid no teams travelled to the world championships<br>\nfor two seasons. But in April last year they went to Texas to represent South<br>\nAfrica at the world championships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Buckle the team was competitive and won many of<br>\ntheir games at the FTC world champs, \u201cbut their highlight was winning<br>\nfirst-place Think Award, awarded to the team that is best at removing<br>\nengineering obstacles through creative problem solving and who best reflects<br>\nthe team\u2019s journey through documentation excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Texpand grew through input from the judges and<br>\ninteracting with the other top teams in the world. Their coach was proud to<br>\nannounce their performance was deserving of placing first on the world stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey came back encouraged to keep on expanding robotics as<br>\na sport and learning platform in SA and to expand their own competence,\u201d noted<br>\nBuckle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said Texpand are the front runners to win the SA<br>\nnational competition, which will be held in Cape Town on Saturday 17 February.<br>\nTwo top teams from the national competition will qualify for the 2024 world<br>\nchampionships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTexpand are working at building their robot to a standard<br>\nthat could get them into the world championship knock-out finals this season.\u201d<br>\nThe two top teams from SA Nationals qualify to go to the 2024 FTC World Champs<br>\nto be held in Houston Texas again this coming April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-game-inspiring-learning-and-creativity\">A game inspiring learning and creativity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The FTC robotics competitions provide a fun way for kids to<br>\ndo deepen learning in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) fields.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe competitions centre on a game that is played by robots<br>\non a 3.6\u2009m x 3.6\u2009m field,\u201d Buckle said. \u201cEach year the game is different, and<br>\nteams have around four months to design and build a robot to score maximum<br>\npoints in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_3606e57a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Texpand, a Cape Town community robotics team based\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10639\/0462783258fe4e8595f117a30563251e.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a8be766ac3e14b62b2844fb699518f0b.jpg\" title=\"Texpand also spend their time training primary school students in robotics with lego as a means to introduce increasing interest into STEM fields.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Texpand also spend their time training primary school students in robotics with lego as a means to introduce increasing interest into STEM fields.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Photo: Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This CenterStage season teams will need to score points by<br>\ncollecting hexagonal pixels at various locations and placing them on a<br>\nbackdrop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said Buckle: \u201cIf the team is able to arrange them in<br>\nspecific patterns they get an extra point. If they stack them high enough on<br>\nthe backdrop they score further bonus points. Teams also score points by<br>\nlaunching paper drones consistently into a target zone and by getting their<br>\nrobots to hang on suspended trusses at the end of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"YouTube\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_af450a32\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wIu57tROjoM\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texpand consists of an interesting mix of members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe value and embrace multi-dimensional diversity in the<br>\nteam,\u201d Buckle pointed out, \u201cand this covers racial diversity, neurodiversity,<br>\ngeographic\u2009\u2013\u2009urban (Pinelands, Mitchell\u2019s Plain, Claremont, Simonstown) and<br>\nrural (Grabouw and Robertson), age diversity (12-17), gender diversity and<br>\nsocio-economic diversity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said volunteer coaches may not necessarily be skilled in<br>\nrobotics, but they are required to help members make connections to STEM<br>\nprofessionals and other more experienced robotics teams to access help and<br>\nlearning resources needed to achieve their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-three-main-robotic-building-skills\">Three main robotic building skills<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mechanical \u2013 involves designing and building mechanical<br><br>systems consisting of motors, shafts, gears, slides, grippers, arms, conveyer<br><br>belts, and whatever is required to perform tasks efficiently and effectively,<br><br>scoring points for each team. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programming \u2013 involves coding instructions that control<br><br>various motors in various mechanical systems in a way that takes into account<br><br>input from the environment using sensors (distance sensors, cameras, colour<br><br>sensors and so on) and driver input.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computer-aided design (CAD)\u2009\u2013\u2009involves creating 3D designs<br><br>for custom parts, which are crafted to match the required mechanical function<br><br>exactly so they can be 3D printed and integrated into the mechanical system,<br><br>where there is no commercially available part. \u201cTexpand\u2019s robot has more than<br><br>50 custom 3D printed and metal integrated parts when competing,\u201d Buckle<br><br>bragged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then there are other important, but less technical roles on<br><br>the team, which include: <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research \u2013 to research what the best teams in the world are<br><br>doing so that the team can keep up with the latest ideas and technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media \u2013 they produce their own videos and post regularly on<br><br>Instagram and YouTube where they have secured 1\u2009000s of views from all over the<br><br>world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scouting\/strategy\u2009\u2013\u2009involves understanding the capabilities<br><br>of other teams and their robots at any competition. \u201cThe team then develops<br><br>alliance partner strategies which factor in the strengths and weaknesses of<br><br>their robot and that of their alliance partner\u2019s, to work out the best strategy<br><br>for working together in the game.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For Buckle and the Texpand team the competition is much more<br>\nthan robots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn fact, progression in the competition is primarily based<br>\non winning judged awards which assess engineering, innovation and industrial<br>\ndesign, problems solving, business planning, fundraising and outreach<br>\ninitiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game is important, she pointed out, \u201cbut winning it does<br>\nnot get the most highly-prized award\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Anticipating Team Texpand\u2019s promising winning streak to qualify as one of two South African teams to represent at the FTC world champs in Houstin Texas in April<br><br>     this year, a Back-a-Buddy campaign has been launched. They currently seek support in order to afford each member the opportunity to represent their country. 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