Digital industrial company GE has announced the launch of a skills development program for high school students in South Africa.<\/p>\n
600 students across 30 schools in five provinces will receive Robotics training through a tailor-made e-learning course titled \u201cIntro to Mechatronics (i2M), powered by GE Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n
The training course includes a physical robotics kit made with advanced technology, designed by Mechanical, Electronic and Software Engineers.<\/p>\n
The kit, which will be distributed to all students from the competing schools at the start of the program, was created to train the students on the fundamentals of constructing
\ntheir own rover- fabricating, assembling and programming the unit.<\/p>\n
Participants in the program upon completion of the training will be asked to upload a video of their fully assembled and movable rover to a website. Judges from GE Africa and its
\npartners will shortlist entries to the best 30 based on creativity, rover movability and unique interpretation and implementation of recyclable materials.<\/p>\n
These top 30 participants will be invited to a one-day classroom training on Mechatronics and 3D Printing to help advance their rover designs even further.<\/p>\n
There will be a grand finale event held in the first week of October where the top 30 students get a chance to present their rovers to an esteemed panel of judges from GE Africa and its
\npartners.<\/p>\n