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SUKKUR: The electrical engineering department of Sukkur Institute of Business Administration (IBA) University organised the Pakistan’s first ever ‘Drone Summer Camp’.
According to a press release on Tuesday, Sukkur IBA University held a unique summer camp focused on teaching students of class-IX and X about the programming of drones.
Over the course of four days, the students were extensively involved in different aspects of drones, from programming to assembly and manning the drones. Students were taught about functions and advanced capabilities of Tello EDU drones, along with drone blocks programming, drone swarming, and fundamentals of drone flight.
The participants enjoyed the camp and were very happy with such a unique way to spend their time learning about intriguing technologies which they have only seen in movies.
More than 60 students belonging to more than 10 schools from all over Sindh participated in the camp and attended classes at the main campus of the university.
The camp was divided in two parts to accommodate the large number of students.
The participants were also awarded certificates upon completion of the camp.
Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2019
