Abafundi baseDurban University of Technology (DUT) bathola ukuhlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngomsebenzi wabo wokusungula irobhothi elikhuluma isiZulu elibizwa ngo “King Shaka Zulu.” I-DUT Arm (E3)NGAGE Robotics Student Club ithole indawo ehlonishwayo kwabangu-30 abahamba phambili be-Formula Student RS Build Fund, okubenza kube yibona kuphela abamele i-Afrika phakathi kwabangenele abangu-78 abavela emazweni angu-21. Irobhothi labo elihlakaniphile libatholele umklomelo ka-£1000 emikhiqizweni ye-RS Grass Roots.
Impumelelo ayigcini nje ngokufakazela ubuhlakani babafundi kodwa futhi ikhombisa ukusebenza ngempumelelo kwemodeli yokufunda ye-engineering ye-innovation project (EPIP) e-DUT. USolwazi Oludayo Olugbara, umphathi omkhulu ophikweni lwe-accounting kanye ne-informatics, ubheka le mpumelelo njengokuthuthuka okubalulekile kokusungulwa kwamarobhothi kanye nemfundo.
Omunye wamalungu eqembu, uTawananyasha Mukumbareza, uzwakalise ukujabula ngokuhlonishwa, wathi kuqinisekisa ukusebenza ngokuzikhandla, nobuhlakani obukhonjiswe ithimba laseDUT. Le mpumelelo igcizelela ukuzibophezela kweqembu ekwenzeni kahle kanye nesikhundla salo njengabathuthukisi emkhakheni wamarobhothi.
I-Formula Student RS Build Fund, eyasungulwa eminyakeni engu-25 edlule e-Europe, ihlose ukukhuthaza onjiniyela abasebasha abasafufusa futhi ikhuthaze intshisekelo yomhlaba wonke emisebenzini yobunjiniyela. Ukuphumelela kwe-DUT kulo mncintiswano kuyinkomba ecacile yomthelela imfundo eyenziwayo nesebenza ngezandla, njengemodeli ye-EPIP, engaba nawo emakhonweni abafundi okuphumelela ezinseleleni zangempela zobunjiniyela.
Umklomelo wemali ka-£1000 emikhiqizweni ye-RS Grass Roots usebenza njengokugunyazwa okukhulu kwemizamo ye-DUT Arm (E3)NGAGE Robotics Student Club. USolwazi Olugbara uyincomile le mpumelelo, wagqamisa indlela enika ithemba ngayo ongoti bezamarobhothi e-Afrika yonkana. Ugcizelele ukuthi ukuzimisela, ukuphikelela, kanye nokuphishekela impumelelo ngokungaphezi kunganqoba imigoqo yendawo kanye nemikhawulo yezinsiza.
Ikilabhu ye-robotics yase-DUT, eyasungulwa ngo-2023 ngemva kokusayina isivumelwano sokusebenzisana ne-Arm Holdings, inkampani yase-Brithani i-Semiconductor kanye ne-software design, ikhombisa ukubaluleka kokubambisana kwezimboni ekukhuthazeni ukusungulwa kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nemfundo. U-Fanie Ndlovu, onguchwepheshe e-DUT MICTSETA Centre of Excellence, uphawule lokhu njengengqopha-mlando futhi wazwakalisa ukubonga ku-Formula Student RS Fund ngokweseka nokuhlonishwa kwabo.
Kafushane, abafundi be-robotics base-DUT abagcinanga ngokugqama esiteji somhlaba ngerobhothi labo elikhuluma isiZulu elifana nelomuntu kodwa baphinde bakhombisa amandla okuba nomthelela emkhakheni wamarobhothi avela ezizindeni nasezifundeni ezihlukene, asebenza njengogqozi konjiniyela abasafufusa. kanye nabasunguli be-Afrika yonkana.