South Africa // Tactical Capture the Flag

Wits Ironpride

Built to outlast.

University of the Witwatersrand // Johannesburg

Crew: 4
Robots: 1
Track: Tactical Capture the Flag
Founded: 2024
To Dhahran: 6,300 km

Robot catalog

The machine

TM-U01

Fabrication

SimbaRugged defensive carrier // OpenA heavily-built carrier designed to be repaired between matches with hand tools, paired with a blocker that clogs the flag approach.

Drive: Tank tread
Sensing: Camera + IMU
Focus: Serviceability
Role: Carrier + blocker

The crew

Who's behind the build

Thabo NkosiTeam lead · Strategy
Lerato MokoenaAutonomy
Sipho DlaminiMechanical
Anele KhumaloElectronics

Team dossier

Ironpride builds for reliability first: simple, field-serviceable robots that keep running when flashier machines break. Their defensive setup turns the flag zone into a slow, costly problem for attackers while their carrier picks its moment.

Their track: Tactical Capture the Flag

From the pit // shot list

01Field service
02Blocker setup
03Approach drill
04Team

Planned coverage. No pit photography exists yet.

One of the crews entered for the RoboNexus World Championship.

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