Thai high school student team wins world’s simulated robotic search and rescue competition in Nagoya

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Thai high school student team wins world’s simulated robotic search and rescue competition in Nagoya

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai student robotic team has bagged home a world title in the biggest and most reputable robotic competitions in the world held this year in Japan’s Nagoya Robo Cup 2017 from July 27-31.

 

Thailand sent two teams to compete with almost 400 teams from 40 countries in junior and adult categories in four days of intense competition.

 

The two teams are a team from Rongkam School in Kalasin province and OBEC, a combination between Ban Na Withaya “Nayok Pithayskarn” school in Nakhon Nayok and TOA Withaya School in Mukdahan province.

 

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thai-high-school-student-team-wins-worlds-simulated-robotic-search-rescue-competition-nagoya/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-08-02

[barefootbangkok]

Impressive! Now if the government can research what curriculum, teaching style and learning environment made these children so successful, maybe they can duplicate it around the country. A major difference many times is how the parents of the exceptional children work with their children to teach them to be independent and outstanding thinkers.

Edited August 2, 2017 by barefootbangkok
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[yellowboat]

26 minutes ago, barefootbangkok said:

Impressive! Now if the government can research what curriculum, teaching style and learning environment made these children so successful, maybe they can duplicate it around the country. A major difference many times is how the parents of the exceptional children work with their children to teach them to be independent and outstanding thinkers.

There are two examples of this in the US. 

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/4-mexican-immigrant-kids-cheap-robot-beat-mit/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_the_Sun  A Hollywood interpretation of events

 

It usually boils down to a single teacher that understands the requirements and then is able to teach these children what must be done to fulfill these requirements.  It is not unfathomable that the same thing can take place in Thailand. 

[Thian]

45 minutes ago, barefootbangkok said:

Impressive! Now if the government can research what curriculum, teaching style and learning environment made these children so successful, maybe they can duplicate it around the country. A major difference many times is how the parents of the exceptional children work with their children to teach them to be independent and outstanding thinkers.

I know one thai kid like that, he really is very smart and knows all about computers. speaks fluent english (learned that himself from youtube).

He'll go to a private technical school in Thailand or overseas his daddy told me. I know several more Thai whizzkids but they are working in the USA for decades now.

 

So that's the future for these kids as well, go working overseas because thailand doesn't produce high quality products.

[chainarong]

Well done guy's, this news  beats Junta Prayut anyday.................................

[Srikcir]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai student robotic team has bagged home a world title

From the link:

The combined team of Kalasin’s Rongkam team and Germany’s ROM team won the competition, bagging the world’s title for World Champion Rescue Maze SuperTeam.

The second Thai team OBEC came 13th rank for the RoboRescue Line category.