Educational Solar Car for Pre-University Engineering Education Outreach - Dual-Axis Autonomous/RC Solar Tracker car

Organiser

David Oyedokun (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

IFAC Sponsoring Body

IFAC National Member Organisation South Africa: SACAC – South African Council for Automation and Control

Link

https://sacac.org.za/

Overview

The educational solar car will serve as an educational artefact to advance interest in electrical engineering by promoting the control principles of sense, think and act at pre-university education levels. This project will see the development of the 4th version of UCT’s interactive autonomous solar car. Various aspects will be designed and built with high school learners. As an educational tool, upon completion, the car will be used in day out outreach projects where high school learners will have the opportunity to conduct educational practical experiments on the features of the car.