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NATIONAL ROBOT OLYMPIAD - SOUTH AFRICA

SA National 2012 WRO Final Results

Congratulations to all the teams who participated in the regional and national WRO competitions. A list of the teams chosen to represent SA in Malaysia in November will be published here soon.


Pictures from Jhb / Pta Regional Comp - 21st July 2012


Pictures from SA National Comp - 28th July 2012
( We have some amazing pictures of the teams and the competition
- if parents would like to order copies of these pictures,
please contact Megan Frank on 082 099 3212 )

 


When does the Olympiad take place?

The Olympiad theme, as well as the various regular category obstacle courses are made known towards the end of March every year.  Regional competitions in South Africa take place during June and July with the National Robot Olympiad towards the end of Aug.
Teams that perform well at the NRO stand a chance to be invited to the WRO to represent South Africa and compete against the best teams from all over the world.

 

History

The 1st NRO for South Africa was held on Sat 4th of September 2010
at Irene Shopping Mall. See photos

Three teams represented SA at the
World Robot Olympiad in Manilla in November 2010.

The 2nd NRO took place on Sat 23rd of July 2011
at Tshwane University of Technology. See photos

Four teams represented SA at the
World Robot Olympiad in AbuDhabi in November 2011.

The 3rd NRO took place on Sat 28th of July 2012
at Tshwane University of Technology. See photos
 

 

NRO
PHOTO GALLERY


NRO South Africa 2012
Tshwane University of Technology


PRIZE GIVING
2012 Prize Winners

NRO South Africa 2011
Tshwane University of Technology

PRIZE GIVING
2011 Prize Winners


NRO South Africa 2010
Irene Mall - Pretoria


PRIZE GIVING
2010 Prize Winners

2012 CATEGORY WINNERS

Regular Category

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gold : Myles Rossini & Nicholas Waller
Robot Boys : Engenius Toys

Silver : Estie Hay, Suné Jacobs & Danielle Smal
The Hawk Chicks : Constantia Park

Bronze : Erin McKenna, Lara Gouws & Lesedi Chiloane
Sweetie Pies : I-SET
 and Lebogang Dlamini, Karabo Rithuri and Khomotso Mokone : Crazy Divas

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gold : Evan Cantrell & Matthew Herbert
Androids : JEFA

Silver : Joshua Brits & Kayleigh Herrhann
JK theory : JEFA

Bronze : Mias & Roelof du Plessis & Jaco Geldenhuys
Gears on Wheels : Trophy Robotics

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Gold : Deon Fourie, Kevin Coetzee & Johnnie Hay
NXTreme : Hoërskool Garsfontein

Silver : Laurie Theron & Ian Stapelberg
Vincent’s Goghas

Bronze : Happy Biyela, Mary Angai & Thobile Mthimunye
Incredible Techno Girls : I-SET

Open Category

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gold : André Botes & Reinhardt Wiese
Robo-Com

Silver : Kaylee Harris & Catherine Mostert
Dog Matricks : Robotscience.co.za

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gold : Sybrand  Botes & Nico Wiese & Clyde André Roux
Robolution

Silver : Steven Walgenbach & Simon Maenaut
Generation S : Robotscience.co.za

Bronze : Dean du Preez & Johan Gildenhuys
Robo Renegades : Anton van Wouw

 

2011 CATEGORY WINNERS

Regular Category

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gold : JJ Theron, Marchant Fourie & Shelby Kriek
Scorpions : Techno-Kidz Pretoria

Silver : Kyle Bain, Thabang Radebe & Sang Woo Shim
Unbeatable : Crawford Pretoria

Bronze : Mosoyin & Ishani
Intelligent Masters ! : Crawford Pretoria

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gold : Laurie Theron & Ian Stapelberg
NeXT Level : HS Rob Ferreira & Waterkloof HS

Silver : Jaco Geldenhuys, Johan Hanekom & Stefan Roux
Three Men : Fonteine PS

Bronze : Amy Gouws & Silvia van de Wiel
Techno Pi : PSHG & Glen High

Open Category

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gold : Sybrand Botes,, Nico Wiese & Dihan Lamprecht
Robolution : Midstream College

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gold : Steven Walgenbach, Simon Maenaut
& Stefan Prinsloo ......V.I.C. : Crawford Pretoria

2010 CATEGORY WINNERS

Regular Category

PRIMARY SCHOOL
Gold : Kerian McInnes, Wessley Bouwer & Bevan Simkiss

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Gold : Magriet Marais & Anita Marais