I-KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) ikhuthaza indlela yokufundisa i-STEM eholwa abafundi ngamahlelo ayo e-Botball ne-Junior Botball Challenge (JBC). Iholwa nguMqondisi Omkhulu uSteve Goodgame, lo msebenzi usebenzisa imodeli "yenkundla elinganayo" lapho bonke ababambe iqhaza bethola isikhwama sezingxenye esifanayo, futhi abadala benqatshelwe ukusiza emigodini yomncintiswano. Amarobhothi kumele asebenze ngokuzimela ngokugcwele ngo-100%, aqalwe yinzwa yokukhanya bese ema ngokuzenzakalelayo emva kwemizuzu emibili. Ukuze kusekelwe ukuhlanganiswa nekilasi, lolu hlelo lune-Botball Academy—isilingisi esingokoqobo esisekelwe kufiziksi sokuhlola imiklamo—kanye nesilawuli se-JBC esikhethekile esivumela abafundi abafika kwabahlanu ukuthi bahlele futhi basebenzise izingxenye ezahlukene zekhodi kwirobhothi elilodwa ngasikhathi sinye.

Okwehlukanisa kakhulu i-Botball kwezinye ukuthi iyakwenqaba ukubhala izinhlelo ngamabhulokhi alula, ikhetha izilimi ezisebenzisa umbhalo ezifana no-C ne-Python besebancane. Ngokufaka la mathuluzi ngqo ekharikhulamu yansuku zonke yesikole kunokuwagcina njengamakilabhu asemva kwesikole, i-KIPR ibika ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza kwamantombazane kukhuphuka kusuka ku-30% kumamodeli okuncintisana ajwayelekile kuye ngaphezu kuka-55% emakilasini e-JBC. Lolu shintsho lubuye luphonsele inselelo imodeli ejwayelekile "yomugqa wokuhlanganisa" yamaqembu amarobhothi—lapho abafundi begxile ekwakheni kuphela noma ekuhleleni kuphela—ngokukhuthaza bonke ababambe iqhaza ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono ahlanganisa imikhakha yomibili, ihadiwe nesofthiwe.

Kothisha baseNingizimu Afrika abaqhuba ukusetshenziswa kwekharikhulamu kazwelonke yeCoding and Robotics, imodeli ye-Botball inikeza isibonelo esinamandla. Ibonisa ukuthi ukudlulisa abafundi kusuka ezindaweni zamabhulokhi kuya ku-Python osebenzisa umbhalo phakathi nosuku olujwayelekile lwesikole kungakwazi ukwenza ukufinyelela kulingane futhi kukhulise kakhulu ukubamba iqhaza kwamantombazane, ngaphandle kokudinga ihadiwe elibizayo nelingafani.