28 September, 2015
3 Day 2 Night Technology Workshop in Melaka

rero captivated the attention of participants and facilitators alike in a recent school holiday camp held in Malacca from 21 to 23 September 2015. The even was organised by Pay Fong High School, and supported by Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology and National Tsing Hua University from Taiwan. A total of 142 secondary school students from 4 independent schools participated in the 3 day and 2 night technology workshop which exposed them to the latest technology in robotics, solar power and mobile app. rero was hand-picked by the organiser as the robotic platform to teach robotics to the participants. The workshop was headed by Dr. Ng Swee Chin, Vice President of TAR UC and facilitated by her colleagues.


The students were introduced to basic robotics knowledge via rero's e-learning portal. And they started building robots from the first day itself.


On the second day, the excitement heightened as the students were given the task of building their own version of a dancing robot. The students were really creative! They successfully programmed their robots to perform different dance motions according to the song played.


On the last day, every team competed to build a robot that was able to escape from a wooden tunnel. In this game, the robots could use any kind of gaits but they must not use wheeled locomotion. The performance of the students was really amazing whereby every team was able to think out of the box. They designed impressive robots that were able to move in different manners. The winner of this game was inspired by how cheetahs run and built a robot that mimic the gait of a cheetah. Of course, their robot was the fastest moving robot and successfully escaped from the tunnel.


rero is especially designed to be an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use robotic platform for secondary school students to explore robotic technology and programming. It is a vital tool to inspire the younger generation’s interest in science and technology and also to nurture higher order thinking skills.


For more highlights, please watch the following video clip which was produced by the participants: