The project, inspired by the popular Annual Third-Year Robot Race, was initiated at the start of 2021 with the aim of providing a platform through which EBIT students at the University of Pretoria (UP) can serve the community by offering engaging STEM education activities to school learners. The curriculum was designed by university staff in collaboration with postgraduate students and centers around low-cost hardware platforms with accessibility in mind. UP students actively contribute to creating the hardware and are involved in training junior community service students who, in turn, present the course content to the learners.

RS South Africa is an enthusiastic supporter of STEM education and is always thrilled to support such an exciting initiative developed by the university and its students to empower our future engineers.

Final-year and master's students from the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Electrical Engineering Department are always excited to embark on a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) outreach project at high schools in Cape Town. The project focuses on themes of sustainability and e-Mobility, providing a glimpse into the exciting possibilities within these fields. RS South Africa is proud to collaborate with UCT in supporting its STEM High School Outreach Programme. This initiative aims to encourage students to choose engineering as their preferred career path. Additionally, the company supports networking and work readiness programs to ensure students are well-prepared to embark on their careers, equipped with the necessary skills.

CYBATHLON, a non-profit project of ETH Zurich, acts as a platform that challenges teams from all over the world to develop assistive technologies suitable for everyday use with and for people with disabilities. The driving force behind CYBATHLON is international competitions and events in which teams consisting of technology developers from universities, companies or NGOs and a person with disabilities tackle various everyday tasks with their latest assistive technologies. The participants with physical disabilities show how to tie shoelaces with a robotic arm prosthesis, balance on rocks with a prosthetic leg or overcome uneven terrain with an exoskeleton.

South Africa will be represented at the 2024 event through a collaboration between three universities which include University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Nelson Mandela University and North-West University. RS South Africa are proud to be supporting the teams with much need components and equipment to assist in developing these assistive technologies.