Robot Camp

Earlier this month, around forty boys from Assumption College, Bangrak, came to Asian University for a Robot Camp.

Most of the boys are members of the Robot Club at their college and some have represented Assumption at international competitions in Thailand and overseas.

The boys, aged from 11 to 17, divided into teams to make and programme their robots to play “football”. Goalkeepers or defenders were made by the organisers, and were all programmed in the same way.

The five day camp included plenty of fun activities as well as the serious business of making the robots. Tuition was by Asian University engineering students and some of their friends who had all been members of the Robot Club at Assumption College.

The robots are made using a set of components from Lego, which allows plenty of opportunity for inventive designs, and the programme used is Robolab, again allowing students to design the robots to react in different ways.

At the trial competition, the team of Asian University student organisers (including Muay, and other non engineering students) won. But when they played for the final knock-out championship, the winners were Blooming (from the College at Asian University) and his brother Beamy.

Congratulations to all concerned: the Asian University students for organizing, and the youngsters for taking part.

The winners, brothers Blooming and Beamy

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