Inkundla esemthethweni ye-FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) noma yomncintiswano we-robotics wesikole iyinto yokuchichima. Inkundla ye-FTC egcwele idinga indawo eyisicaba engu-3.6m nge-3.6m, umngcele oqinile, namathayela e-foam akhethekile. Ezikoleni zaseNingizimu Afrika, lapho amagumbi okufundela ehlukaniselwana, amahholo asetshenziselwa izinto eziningi ebhukhelwe ukuhlolwa, futhi izabelomali zicindezelwe yizindleko zemishini ezikhuphukayo, ukumisa inkundla ehlala njalo kuvame ukungenzeki.

Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi awuyidingi ukuze uwine. Amaqembu amaningi aphumelelayo awenzeli umsebenzi wawo omkhulu wokuthuthukisa enkundleni egcwele. Ngokuhlukanisa ukuzilolonga kwakho kube yizindlela ezibhekiswe kokuthile, ezibiza kancane, ungakwazi ukwakha, ukuhlela nokuhlola irobhothi elincintisana kakhulu egumbini lokufundela elivamile noma ngisho negaraji lasekhaya.

1. Ijiyomethri yethephu phansi (Izindleko: R100 – R300)

Indlela eshibhe kunazo zonke nesebenzisa indawo kangcono ukudweba amaphuzu abalulekile enkundla ngqo phansi egumbini lakho lokufundela usebenzisa ithephu yokumaka ebonakala kalula noma ithephu kagesi. Awudingi ukubeka ithephu kuwo wonke amamitha-skwele angu-13; gxila kuphela emigqeni ebalulekile, ezindaweni zokuqala, nasezindaweni okuqondwe kuzo.

• Ikulungiselela ini: Ukukala ibanga elinembile elihanjwa amasondo, ukulinganisa ama-engeli okuphenduka, ukuhlola isikhala esidingwa umzimba werobhothi, nokufundisa abashayeli ukuthi bahambe kanjani ezindaweni ezincane.
• Yini engayenzi: I-physics nokubambelela. I-linoleum yesikole evamile, i-parquet, noma amakhaphethi acindezelekile okuhweba kunokubambelela okuhluke kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa namathayela e-foam ethambile asemthethweni. Irobhothi eliphenduka kahle ethayeleni elibushelelezi lizoshelela noma lidonse ugesi omningi ku-foam. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithephu ayinikezi ukumelana kwangempela; abashayeli bakho ngeke bafunde ukuthi irobhothi liziphatha kanjani uma lishayisa odongeni oluqinile lomngcele.

2. Ukulinganisa nezinkundla ezingokhompiyutha (Izindleko: R0)

Uma indawo yangempela ingekho—noma ngesikhathi sokucinywa kukagesi lapho amagumbi omsebenzi esikole emnyama—ukulinganisa ngekhompiyutha kuyindlela esebenza kangcono kunazo zonke yokubhala nokuhlola ikhodi ezimele. Izinkundla ezinjenge-FTC Sim zivumela abahleli bezinhlelo ukuthi baqhube ikhodi yabo emafanekiselweni amarobhothi angokhompiyutha ngesikhathi sangempela.

• Ikulungiselela ini: Ukuhlola umqondo wohlelo, ama-algorithm ezinzwa, ama-state machine, nezibalo ze-encoder. Abahleli bezinhlelo bangalungisa amaphutha ezindleleni zabo ezizimele ngaphandle kokulinda ibhethri langempela ukuthi lishaje noma bagugise amagiya emishini.
• Yini engayenzi: Ukuguquguquka kwezwe langempela. Ama-simulator acabanga ukuthi ukubambelela kuphelele, i-volthi yebhethri ihlala injalo, futhi akukho ukuxega kwemishini. Empeleni, njengoba ibhethri lakho lehla lisuka ku-13.5V liye ku-11.5V, indlela irobhothi lakho elihamba ngayo iyashintsha. Ukuzilolonga komshayeli ku-simulator nakho akuvamile ukuguqukela ekushayeleni kwangempela, ngoba ukubona ukujula esikrinini kuhluke ngokuphelele ekumeni esiteshini se-alliance senkundla yangempela.

3. Izingxenye zenkundla ezizimele (Izindleko: R500 – R3,000)

Esikhundleni sokuthenga ikhithi yenkundla egcwele, thenga noma wakhe izingxenye zomdlalo ezithile kuphela irobhothi lakho okumele lisebenzisane nazo. Uma umdlalo wesizini uhilela ukufaka izinto ebhakedeni eliphakeme, yakha lelo bhakede lodwa ngamapulangwe ashibhile, amapayipi e-PVC, noma upulasitiki onemidwa. Ukuze lokhu kusebenze, thenga iphakethe elincane lamathayela e-foam ethambile asemthethweni amane kuya kwayisithupha uwabeke ngqo ngaphansi kwento okuqondwe kuyo.

• Ikulungiselela ini: Ukulungisa izindlela zakho zokuthatha izinto, ukulinganisa ukuphakama kokukhipha, nokuzilolongela ukuqondanisa okunembile komshayeli. Ukuhlola isithathi sakho emathayeleni asemthethweni kubalulekile ngoba indlela izinto zomdlalo ezishelela noma ezigingqika ngayo ku-foam inquma ukuthi isithathi sakho sizozibamba noma sizozisunduza.
• Yini engayenzi: Ukuhlola umjikelezo enkundleni egcwele. Awukwazi ukuzilolongela kalula ukushintsha ngesivinini esikhulu usuka kolunye uhlangothi lwenkundla uye kolunye, futhi awukwazi ukulinganisa ukuminyana nokuvimba kwamarobhothi ophikisana nawo.

4. Izinkundla zesifunda ezisetshenziswa ndawonye nokubambisana (Izindleko: Uhambo / Isikhathi)

Amaqembu amaningi asafufusa awunaki umphakathi wendawo we-robotics. Amaqembu asezinzile, iminyango yobunjiniyela emanyuvesi, nezikhungo zendawo zivame ukuba nezinkundla ezigcwele ezimisiwe futhi zizimisele ukwabelana ngazo. Ukuhlela imidlalo yokuzilolonga ngempelasonto noma izikhathi zokuzilolonga ndawonye nezikole eziseduze kuyinto ejwayelekile emhlabeni wonke.

• Ikulungiselela ini: Ukuzilolonga kwangempela komshayeli, ukulinganisa izinzwa ngaphansi kokukhanya kwendawo yangempela, nokukala isikhathi somjikelezo okuhambisana neqiniso. Kuphinde kubonise iqembu lakho imiklamo namaqhinga ahlukene amarobhothi ngaphambi kosuku lomncintiswano.
• Yini engayenzi: Ukulula kokusebenza. Awukwazi ukwethembela enkundleni enisebenzisana ngayo ekulungiseni amaphutha nsuku zonke. Sebenzisa indawo yakho yasekhaya ukwakha nokuhlola okuyisisekelo, bese usebenzisa inkundla enisebenzisana ngayo kuphela ukuqinisekisa izinhlelo zakho eseziqediwe.

Indlela yokuhlela indawo yakho yokuzilolonga

Uma ubhekene nobunzima bokusungula iqembu elisha, ukuphatha izabelomali ezincane, noma ukulungiselela umqhudelwano wakho wokuqala wendawo, singakusiza. Hlola izinsiza zokweseka ze-FTC eNingizimu Afrika ukuze uthole imihlahlandlela yobuchwepheshe, izinhlelo zemidlalo yokuzilolonga yendawo, neseluleko ngemishini elungiselelwe izikole zaseNingizimu Afrika.