South African Kids Win 1st Place in the World for Inspiring Lego Creation

A group of South African school children inspired the world with their lego creation at an international robotics competition held in Lebanon.

Lesedi Pitjeng, one the team coaches, told SAPeople: “They made us really proud – against over 46 other countries our South African team – TKLA SpaceAnts – came first place!!!! For inspiring the judges and other teams from all over the world ??and also completing the required steps for the Lego competition. ?”

Pitjeng says each team at the event in Byblos, which was held in June, consisted of 10 members from grade 5 to matric.

“In Lego, teams are required to build a robot which can do at least 20 missions under 2 and a half minutes!!! The missions include the robots picking up objects etc… After that the  team does a presentation to the judges explaining about the robot design and the Lego core values,” he says.

South Africa’s inspiring team members were amongst 600 other students from around the world showcasing their innovation and creativity in the world’s most exciting youth competition at the First Lego League Open International Lebanon.

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