Creativity Enhancement Program
The Creativity Enhancement Programme was planned with four goals that are mainly in relation to robotics and innovative technological trends. The program planned to introduce robotic technologies to the students of Royal College and increase their interest and knowledge in robotics. At the same time, another important part of the program was to introduce new and innovative technologies to Royal College.
Robotics Program was scheduled to start in mid-October. It was conducted at the Main Computer Lab with support of the Royal College Computer Society. The robotic program was introduced computer programming to young Royalists with the use of Scratch programming language and introduce electronic design concepts with the use of Arduino and Arduino IDE. Taking robotics development another step further, the program was introduced the youngsters to new computer systems with Raspberry Pi and other similar ‘system on a chip’ development kits to enable them to further extend their boundaries. The students were given an opportunity to develop their own robots with the knowledge they have gained. To give the project a more competitive outtake, there was a competition for the students where they can develop robots and pitch their robots against each other and have fun while learning.
Creativity Enhancement Program 2019
The program consisted of two main phases in vaccinating innovative mindset on to young Royalists which composed of an introductory workshop on programming with Arduino and a series of weekly lectures followed by a weekly meetup session. The weekly meetup session was held immediately after every weekly lecture at the Main Computer Lab. The lecture series commenced on the 26th of July 2019 with a basic introduction to robotics and control systems. The program was concluded on 25TH October 2019. Concluding on the limelight of the well-known fact that “Innovation is the new competitive advantage “, OREPA has made a great effort in arming young Royalists with novel technology and innovative mindset. The project was supported by Paraqum Technologies, Sri Lanka as the technology partner and the principal sponsor.