In My Neighbourhood: How Midrand's Robo Rumble Became a National Tech Sensation
Mo Flava on 947 · 9 June 2026 · 6m
Speaker 1: What flavor on nine four seven. There's always something happening in your neighborhood, and I'm Speaker 1: fascinated about this one, the world of robots robot Rumble, let me be more specific. Speaker 1: It's a really brilliant idea because we're looking at the future tech champions coming straight Speaker 1: out of some backyard at Midrand, and it's now gotten to a point where there's Speaker 1: a massive nationwide robotics and drone race and competition in the name of robo Rumble Speaker 1: that is officially launched. It's the second one nationwide. It's a search and the touring Speaker 1: universities and Tivot colleges across the country to find the brightest young minds and basically Speaker 1: turn them into real world innovators. So let me get straight to it and bring Speaker 1: on the line Donell Muchenguri, who is the lead project manager for robo Rumbo. He Speaker 1: joins me on the line. Good morning, more and your listeners. Speaker 2: How are you doing Listen. Speaker 1: I'm great and very interested in this one, particularly because it was some sort of Speaker 1: hustle as understand it coming out of Midrand and now it's taken the country by Speaker 1: storm. Tell me just about the story and the journey of robo Rumble and what Speaker 1: it is. Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, all sort of stuff man. So indeed it was one cud say Speaker 3: hustle, but I always liked saying concept and idea. And we did the inaucral one Speaker 3: as you said last year in twenty twenty five, and you know, it was really Speaker 3: burst with the north of creating a platform for young soule African innovators to showcase, Speaker 3: you know,…
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