{"id":17933,"date":"2025-02-23T01:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/alberta-based-robotics-team-hopes-to-qualify-for-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T01:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:45:23","slug":"alberta-based-robotics-team-hopes-to-qualify-for-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/alberta-based-robotics-team-hopes-to-qualify-for-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta-based robotics team hopes to qualify for world championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Max Du and the rest of the Forge 4421 team were busy Saturday making adjustments and tweaks to their robot before they have to pack up and head to Vancouver next week for the Canadian Pacific Regional Competition next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The senior team with the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/alberta\">Alberta<\/a> Tech Alliance Association, Du believes this year could be big.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe go to this competition every single year,\u201d explains Du. \u201cThis year it\u2019s really special because, while it is my last year at this team, it\u2019s also one of the robots that we\u2019ve had that\u2019s been the best over the last couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014 the ATAA has been using robotics as an catalyst to create a passion for STEM. Edgar Yajure with ATAA tells Global News since day one, Alberta youth have been powerhouses in the field of STEM.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe actually had a really hot start in our rookie year,\u201d Yajure said. \u201cWe actually went to the world championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rafters of their workshop are adorned with banners from winning or at least placing in competitions across North America, and even as far away as Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Yajure believes programs like the ATAA give youth opportunities to really experience STEM on a whole new level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis challenge and this opportunity to make an automatic machine is something that many engineering graduates don\u2019t actually get,\u201d said Yajure. \u201cTo be able to work on the conceptualization to the prototypes, trying and failing many times\u2026 This is the hardest fun they\u2019ll ever have!\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028804\/grimes-elon-musk-child-medical-crisis\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/grimes-elon-child-medical-emergency.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Grimes pleads with Elon Musk for him to contact her over child\u2019s \u2018medical crisis\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Grimes pleads with Elon Musk for him to contact her over child\u2019s \u2018medical crisis\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029175\/bank-of-canada-tiff-macklem-donald-trump-tariffs\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tiff-Macklem.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Bank of Canada governor\u2019s tariff warning: \u2018There won\u2019t be a bounceback\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Bank of Canada governor\u2019s tariff warning: \u2018There won\u2019t be a bounceback\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Science and Tech<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Youth as young as nine years old are able to join the ATAA, beginning their journey by working with Lego. As they get older and advance they develop their skills further, using chop saws, CNC machines, and other equipment to build robots that weigh as much as 140 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Du was one of those youth who started young. He tells Global News that ATAA played a crucial role in guiding him towards his future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ATAA has provided like such a good space for me,\u201d Du said. \u201cNot only with getting involved with STEM, but to continue in STEM to the point where now I\u2019m gonna plan to pursue STEM into post-secondary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If they\u2019re successful in Vancouver next weekend, the team hopes to qualify for the world championships taking place in Houston in April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11031063\/alberta-based-robotics-team-world-championships\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Max Du and the rest of the Forge 4421 team were busy Saturday making adjustments and tweaks to their robot before they have to pack up and head to Vancouver next week for the Canadian Pacific Regional Competition next weekend. 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