Cool Thai youth wins the NASA Robot Programming Championship

Cool Thai youth wins the Asia Championship of NASA’s Robot Programming Competition

On October 27, reporters reported that Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (NIDA) by the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) together with partner agencies Supported youth team Indentation Error (Indentation Error) from Assumption College Thonburi The team members consisted of 3 members, consisting of Mr. Tharit Wit Worasakul, Mathayom 5 (Team Leader), Mr. Kornpapop Sitthirit, Mathayom 4, and Setthaphan Laoari, Mathayom 3, which was the winning team. Excellence from the competition The 2nd Kibo Robot Programming Challenge, Thailand Championship round Represent Thailand to participate in the Asian Championships online.

On Sunday, Oct. 24, at 11:00 a.m., the Japan Aerospace Exploration Organization or JAXA organized the 2nd Kibo Robot Programming Challenge for the Asian Championship online. Broadcasting live from the Tsukuba Space Center. Japan with Japanese astronauts in charge of the race aboard the International Space Station. to find the best youth teams from the Asia-Pacific region The highest scorer in programming a computer controlled robot Astrobee to perform a space station repair mission. Youth representatives from 9 countries took part in the competition, namely Japan, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

The results of the competition appeared The Indentation Errer team from Thailand successfully won the Best Achievement Onboard Award. This is a demonstration of computer programming in JAVA language. Controlling Astrobee, NASA’s assistant astronaut aboard the International Space Station, reads a QR Code and fires laser beams at the goal for the highest score of the competition.

Dr. Chularat Tanprasert, Deputy Director of NSTDA, congratulated the Indentation Error team and thanked the youngsters for building Thailand’s reputation on the Asian regional stage. from the intentions of the children When selected to represent Thailand, NSTDA has acted as a mentor to advise on preparation for participating in the Asian Championships. Helped to coordinate with JAXA to provide useful information for preparation and training for the competition. From the success of the students this time, NSTDA sincerely hopes that the three children will learn. gain valuable experience And there is a good opportunity to share, build on, and pass on to friends and youngsters, the next generation of Thai youth. and believes that the three sisters will be important forces in the future of Thailand

Mr. Tharit Witworasakul, a Mathayom 5 student at Assumption Thonburi School, representative of the Indentation Error team, said about his feelings after knowing the results of the competition that “I’m very happy and excited. because he felt nervous as well. Seeing the results of the other team’s program running well, the Astrobee robot can be controlled to move, read the QR code and shoot lasers at its target. I think our team can win because they can control the Astrobee robot to move faster and get good scores. I would like to thank JAXA for organizing this competition and thank NSTDA for organizing the competition in Thailand and supporting our team very well in joining the Asian Championships. Our team has learned a lot about programming the Astrobee robot controllers that operate on the International Space Station. and thanks to all The people who contributed to making this competition a reality.

Team Indentation Erre won the championship with a score of 28.86 pt (A Class), while the second-placed team was Enigma Systems from Bangladesh with a score of 19.16 pt (A Class), and the third-placed team was Team GeminiPYTW from Taiwan (C Class) Replays of the tournament can be viewed on JAXA’s YouTube at the link https://youtu.be/eDXf1ISUBmA.

Interested parties can follow the movement of space science activities for youths. at the website https://www.nstda.or.th/jaxa-thailand and NSTDA SPACE Education fan page