It is with this in mind that a group of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) lecturers and undergraduates formed a club in 2006 to promote robotics through fun activities.
Thanks to the Mobile Robotics Club, a group of some 200 youngsters has been getting the chance to take part in numerous robotics competitions.
Its founding members, Koh Seng Yau of Kluang, Johor, and Saravanan Sivanandhan of Bentong, Pahang, believe that encouraging youngsters to participate in such competitions is the best way to help develop their interest in robotics.
Towards this end, the club, since 2006, has been organising the annual RoboGamez.
"We want to make learning science and technology fun and interesting by using a hands-on approach," said Koh.
Jointly organised with Uniten's College of Engineering, RoboGamez is a competition which sees fully-autono-mous and pre-programmed robots attempting to get out of a maze.
RoboGamez 2008 is partly sponsored by Tenaga Nasional Bhd and Uniten, with some of the funding coming from club members.
The competition will be held on Sept 5 and 6 at the Uniten Putrajaya campus. It is divided into three categories -- for schools, Uniten students and other institutions of higher learning.
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