Kwi-FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), ukuwa kweqela akufane kwenzeke ngokuqhushumba okumangalisayo phakathi komdlalo. Endaweni yoko, yinkqubo ecothayo, ezolileyo yokuncipha. Kwenzeka xa iqela lifika kwitumente yesizwe eRhawutini okanye eKapa, likhuphe irobhothi yalo, lize liqonde ukuba unxibelelwano lwe-USB oluxegayo okanye umqhubi ongaziqhelanisanga lwenze umsebenzi weenyanga ube lilize.

Kumaqela aseMzantsi Afrika, apho iibhajethi zezixhobo zicuthiwe, amaxesha okuthunyelwa kwempahla made, kwaye ucimicimi unokunciphisa iiseshoni zoqheliselo zibe sisiqingatha, ezi mpazamo zibuhlungu ngakumbi. Ukuba ufuna iqela lakho lisinde kunyaka walo wokuqala kwaye likhuphisane ngokwenene, kufuneka uphephe le mingxuma mithandathu iqhelekileyo.

1. Irobhothi "Eyenza-Yonke-Into" (Ukuzimisela Okugqithisileyo)

Umdlalo uyaziswa, laze iqela ngoko nangoko liyile irobhothi ekwaziyo ukuchola izinto emgangathweni, izahlule ngokwemibala, izinyuse ziye kubude beemitha ezimbini, ize izitsale inyuke ekupheleni komdlalo. Le yimpazamo ebulalayo. Iqela elitsha elizama ukwakha irobhothi eyimela yeSwiss Army lidla ngokuphelela kumatshini owenza izinto ezintlanu kakubi kwaye kungabikho nanye ayenza ngokuthembekileyo.

Izibalo ze-FTC zilula: irobhothi ekwaziyo ukwenza umsebenzi omnye kuphela—njengokufaka izinto zomdlalo kwinjongo esezantsi ngokuthembekileyo—kodwa iwenze kuwo wonke umdlalo ingaphuki, iya kufumana amanqaku amaninzi kwaye ikhethwe ngaphezu kwerobhothi entsonkothileyo engasebenziyo ngamaxesha onke. Gxila kwinkqubo yokuqhuba elula, eyomeleleyo nakwisixhobo esinye sokufaka amanqaku. Qala ngokukwazi oko kakuhle.

2. Ukwakha Ungekayiqondi Imithetho

Amaqela amaninzi aqala ukusika intsimbi nokudibanisa ishasi ngosuku lokuqala, iqela lingekayifundi ngokupheleleyo iCompetition Manual (eyayahlulwe yaba yiGame Manual Part 1 nePart 2 kwiminyaka edlulileyo). Oku kukhokelela ekusileleni okubi ekuthobeleni imigaqo xa kuhlolwa. Ukuba irobhothi yakho ibubanzi obuyi-46 cm endaweni yomda oqinileyo we-45.7 cm (iintshi ezili-18), okanye ukuba usebenzise izinto ezingavumelekanga, uya kuchitha usuku lwakho lonke loqheliselo usika irobhothi yakho ngesarha endaweni yokulungisa ikhowudi yakho ezimeleyo.

3. Ukubhideka Ngenxa Ye-Engineering Portfolio Kwiveki Yeshumi

I-Engineering Portfolio ayiyongxelo yencwadi ebhalwa ngempelaveki phambi kokhuphiswano. Iyinxalenye engundoqo yenkqubo yokugweba. Amaqela aphatha le portfolio njengento ecingwa ekugqibeleni aphulukana nethuba lawo lokufumana amabhaso ahlonitshwa kakhulu agwetywayo, adla ngokuba yeyona ndlela iphambili yokunyukela kwinqanaba elilandelayo lokhuphiswano.

Xa uqala unyaka wakho wokhuphiswano, nika umfundi umsebenzi wokubhala phantsi yonke intlanganiso, konke ukusilela, nayo yonke inguqulelo ye-CAD ukususela kwiveki yokuqala. Ukuba ulinda ude ufike kwiveki yeshumi, izigqibo zoyilo, izibalo ezingemva kwemilinganiselo yeegiya zakho, nezifundo ezivela kwiiprothotayipu zakho ezingaphumelelanga ziya kulityalwa.

4. Indawo Enye Yokusilela: Akukho Control Hub Yongezelelweyo

I-Rev Robotics Control Hub yingqondo yerobhothi yakho. EMzantsi Afrika, iControl Hub entsha ibiza ngaphezulu kweR9,000, into enokuthatha inxalenye enkulu yebhajethi yesikolo esisaqalayo. Ngenxa yale ndleko, amaqela amaninzi akayithengi eyongezelelweyo. Oku kukungcakaza okukhulu.

Ukuba umbane ozimeleyo okanye ukudibana kweentambo kubulala iControl Hub yakho ekuphela kwayo ekhuphiswaneni, unyaka wakho uphelile. Ukukhutshwa kombane ozimeleyo (ESD) ngumxholo oxoxwa rhoqo kumaqonga e-intanethi, kwaye imixholo yenyanga nenyanga ethi "disconnect-per-match" ku-r/FTC ibonisa indlela irobhothi enye enqamukileyo enokuthi "ihlwayelelwe izohlwayo" ide ifikelele kumanqaku angama-800 ngumanyano lwabachasi. Ukuba neControl Hub eyongezelelweyo ayithethathethwani. Ukuba awukwazi ukuyithenga, cinga ngokusebenzisana nesikolo sasekuhlaleni ukuze nabelane ngeqoqo lezixhobo zombane ezibalulekileyo zokuxhasa.

5. Ukuthatha Uqheliselo Lomqhubi Njengento Engenyanzelekanga

Irobhothi ephakathi enomqhubi oziqheliselele iiyure ezingama-20 iphantse ihlale iyibetha irobhothi emangalisayo enomqhubi oziqheliselele imizuzu engama-20. Amaqela amatsha adla ngokuchitha i-99% yexesha lawo esakha ebhala iinkqubo, ashiye abaqhubi bebamba izilawuli okokuqala kwindawo yokulungisa etumenteni.

Phantsi koxinzelelo, abaqhubi abangenayo inkumbulo yemisipha baya kuqhubela ezindongeni, babhijelane neerobhothi zabachasi, baze babhukuqe eyabo imatshini. Kufuneka uyimise ngokupheleleyo iyilo lerobhothi yakho ubuncinane iiveki ezintathu phambi komdlalo wakho wokuqala wokuziqhelanisa ukuze unike iqela lakho labaqhubi ixesha elizinikeleyo, elingaphazanyiswayo kwibala elingumfuziselo okanye elingaphelelanga.

6. Iinkqubo Ezakhiwe Ngabacebisi

Kulula ukuba abacebisi—ingakumbi abo banemvelaphi yobunjineli—bangenelele bakhe izixhobo ezintsonkothileyo ukonga ixesha. Eli liqhinga elingaboni kude elilenzakalisa ngokwenene iqela. Njengoko abasebenzisi ku-r/FTC bekhankanyile, "irobhothi eyakhiwe ngumcebisi ithi iyayichitha loo nto… yenza ibala lokudlala elingalinganiyo."

"irobhothi eyakhiwe ngumcebisi ithi iyayichitha loo nto… yenza ibala lokudlala elingalinganiyo"

Ngokusebenzayo ngakumbi, xa inkqubo yokuthatha izinto eyakhiwe ngumcebisi yaphuka kwithuba elixinezelelekileyo lemizuzu emihlanu yokulungisa phakathi kwemidlalo yokugqiba amanqanaba, abafundi abayi kwazi ukuyilungisa kuba bengazange bayile okanye bayakhe. Le ncwadi yemigaqo ayibumiseli mda ubandakanyeko lwabacebisi — xa ibuzwa ukuba abacebisi kufuneka bancede kangakanani ekwakheni, i-FIRST iphendula ngelithi “nokuba kungakanani na okufunekayo ukukhuthaza ulutsha olukwiqela” (Competition Manual §1.4.3) — kodwa u-R101 ufuna ukuba irobhothi nezona zixhobo zayo ziphambili zakhiwe liqela elibhalisiweyo, kwaye abagwebi bayaphanda ukuba abafundi bawazi kakuhle kangakanani owabo umatshini. Ukuba abafundi abakuqondi ubunjineli obungasemva komatshini wabo, abanakukwazi ukuwulungisa phantsi koxinzelelo.

Ukuba ufuna ukuseka inkqubo ye-FTC ezinzileyo, exhaswe kakuhle nephepha le mingxuma iqhelekileyo yolawulo, ungajonga inkxaso yethu ecwangcisiweyo kwinkxaso yenkqubo ye-FTC ukuze incede ikhokele iqela lakho kunyaka walo wokuqala.