MRC Robofest

17th - 21st Apr 2017 by Mauritius Research Council

Mauritius Robot Festival

Mauritius Robot Festival was an event conducted by The Mauritius Research Council, Government of Mauritius in association with Kidobotikz

Building upon the experience of the last year when Kidobotikz was part of the EdTech Expo at Mauritius, The Mauritius Research Council intended to introduce the students of mauritius to the cutting edge field of robotics and electronics.

In this regard, MRC conducted the Robot Festival where 300 + students were given a live hands-on experience with the Kidobotikz Kits and were engaged in robotics workshops

After the learning workshop, the students used their robots and took part in the Robot Festival on the 21st of April.

Several interesting games such as The Tesla Challenge, Maze Runner and e-Novate were conducted and offered a unique experience to the visitors.

Venue

Mauritius Research Council, Ebene.

Date & Time

17th - 21st April, 2017

Organizer

Mauritius Research Council, Ebene

WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED

Circuit Building Workshop

Practical understanding of various electronic components such as real time sensors, switches,etc. Concepts of circuit building and circuit debugging techniques.

Robo Programming Workshop

Learning about concepts of various autonomous robots based on real time sensor inputs, programming them according it to your needs and many more.

Games / Activities Conducted

E-Novate

The event calls for innovators from all streams to display their innovations and projects that are doused with creativity. Jugaad inspired robots will score brownie points.

Tesla Challenge

Well, Self Driven cars are all the rage today! This contest will see participants demonstrating concepts like Auto Pilot by building robotic models incorporating these features.