Daniel Stokell and Jonathan Wotherspoon working on the board game in preparation for today's FIRST Lego League robotics challenge, from 10 am to 3 pm at the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town.
Daniel and Jonathan are part of the Micro Maniacs team from Elkanah House, according to ''coach'' and teacher Melany Liebich.
Other team members are Dylan Vorster, seen above programming the robot, as well as Davis Todt, Daniel Jacobs, Allister Smith and Michael Struwig, said Melany, who does technology, design, visual art and arts and culture at the Tableview school.
Fifteen-year-old Michael Struwig, from Blaauwberg, warned the other 17 teams competing in the Western Cape finals that the Elkanah House teams intended to retain their winning position from last year's event.
Michael, a grade nine student, said Elkanah House was the highest-ranked team out of all the 2006 regionals. Sadly, due to a design flaw - a tank-style tread which stripped off in the heat of battle - the Micro Maniacs finished eighth in the nationals last year.
''This year we hope to do better at the nationals,'' predicted Michael, noting pointedly that the students designed their 2007 robot to use four wheels rather than a tank tread. ''And better gearing,'' he added.
Teacher Melany Liebich can be reached by email on melanyl@elkanah.co.za.
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