What is the NRC 2024?
The National Robotics Competition (NRC) 2024 is a premier event organised by Science Centre and Duck Learning. The competition challenges young minds to solve real-world problems through robotics and coding. With the theme H2O Heroes, the competition highlights environmental sustainability, particularly water conservation and management. This platform enables students to apply their skills, collaborate with peers, and tackle pressing global challenges.
View the NRC Highlights and Award Ceremony here!
SCS NRC 2024 Highlights (With Award Ceremony).mp4 – Google Drive
[View our Kodecoon students’ achievements]
Our Journey Across Categories
1. Regular Category
Our academy fielded teams across all divisions—Lower Primary, Upper Primary, and Secondary. Each team had to program autonomous robots to navigate mission-based tasks, simulating real-world environmental challenges.
We are thrilled to share that our Lower Primary and Secondary teams excelled. Their precision and strategic programming earned them a spot at the Global Robotics Games (GRG) 2024, where they will face similar missions alongside teams from countries like Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, and India.
Our Achievements:
Lower Primary
Champion: Phoenix Flames (Tristan Tan Kai Bin, Yumi Gabrielle Carolino Han, Zeng Zhixuan)
Best Robot Performance Award (1st Place): Happy Blockers (Cooper Yeo Zheng Han, Hoo Chi Thong, Serena Teo Hua-Enn), Phoenix Flames (Tristan Tan Kai Bin, Yumi Gabrielle Carolino Han, Zeng Zhixuan)
Best Robot Performance Award (3rd Place): Magic Miners (Braymus Chin Si Hao, Hugo Ho Ray Jie, Reagan Yow Kai Sen)
Secondary (Regular Category)
Best Robot Performance Award (1st Place): Robo Force (Lee En Chen, Norman Ngeow Zheng Hao, Zahin Zafir bin Azhar)
Our students have demonstrated exceptional capabilities and confidence, showcasing their ability to excel in nationwide competitions and bring honor to their respective schools.
2. Preschool Division
Our youngest participants showcased their creativity using KUBO Robotics, a tool designed for introducing coding fundamentals. They tackled missions such as fixing water pipes and cleaning the river waste, all within a collaborative framework.
3. Open Category
This year, our team from Indonesia (Solyn Nagaria, Ravi Satya Salman, Brendan Hartono) was a highlight. They presented their innovative project that emphasized sustainable water management, showcasing how robotics can address global challenges.
What is the GRG 2024?
Finalists in the Regular category have the opportunity to advance to the Global Robotics Games (GRG), a prestigious event featuring participants from countries like Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, and Taiwan. The GRG uses the same missions as the NRC Regular category to challenge global participants.
Our Achievements:
Lower Primary (Mobile Robotics 1 Category)
2nd Runner Up: Magic Miners (Braymus Chin Si Hao, Hugo Ho Ray Jie, Reagan Yow Kai Sen)
As Kodecoon Academy students continue to shine in competitions, we sat down with our founder, Deddy, to gain some valuable insights into how our students excel at events like the NRC 2024 and how parents can support their children on their coding journey.
Q: Hi Deddy! How did Kodecoon Academy prepare students for NRC 2024?
Deddy: Hi there! We focused on helping students understand the theme H2O Heroes by relating it to real-world challenges. For the Regular category, we guided them in programming robots to complete missions like cleaning waterways and fixing water pipes. We also encouraged teamwork by simulating competition scenarios where they could collaborate and refine their strategies.
Q: What was the biggest challenge your students faced during NRC?
Deddy: Great question! One challenge was balancing creativity with precision. For example, students had plenty of ideas for optimizing their robots, but translating those ideas into reliable code and designs under time constraints was tough. With practice and persistence, though, they overcame it.
Q: What sets NRC and GRG apart from other robotics competitions?
Deddy: NRC has a strong emphasis on applying STEM skills to tackle real-world issues, making it more than just a robotics competition—it’s about creating solutions for the future. GRG, on the other hand, brings together participants from across the globe, so students get the chance to learn from international peers and experience a whole new level of competition.I heard that NRC is the only MOE recognized national robotics competition in Singapore!
Q: What advice would you give students looking to join NRC or GRG?
Deddy: Don’t hesitate to start learning and experimenting early! Building robots and writing code might seem intimidating, but with practice, it becomes fun. Also, competitions like NRC are about problem-solving, so focus on developing a growth mindset. Mistakes and failures are part of the process—embrace them so that you can jump higher. Champions are not made overnight, they are nurtured through perseverance, efforts and time.
Join the Kodecoon Academy Family
We are immensely proud of our student’s amazing achievement in the National Robotics (NRC) 2024 competition, and we celebrate their achievements as a community. If you are a parent interested in giving your child the opportunity to explore the exciting world of Robotics and participate in next year’s National Robotics Competition, we invite you to join the Kodecoon Academy family.
For more information and to enroll your child in our programs, please contact us directly at +6589503022. Let us help your child develop the skills and confidence to excel in the digital age and beyond.
Read more about our other student successes in coding / robotics competitions here.