Teams from SMK Padungan in Kuching and Sekolah Seni Malaysia Sarawak are representing Malaysia at the APRSAF-32 CanSat Competition 2026 in Thailand. Both qualified after finishing third in their respective categories at the Malaysia Rocket CanSat Competition 2026. Those national placings are the results already secured; they are not awards from the current international competition. The Thailand contest runs from Oct 28 to Nov 1 at the National Science Museum. As reported on Oct 30, the teams are participating, with no international result announced in the report. Their route began with the Sarawak Rocketeers CanSat Challenge, organised by Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (Tegas) with Universiti Teknologi Mara’s MTC High Energy Material Research Laboratory. That gives the local achievement a concrete progression: a Sarawak hands-on programme, national category placings and now an international test. CanSat tasks centre on a compact satellite-like device, putting engineering, technology and problem-solving into practice. For the participating schools, this is a chance to test those skills against regional competitors, rather than a claim that pupils have launched an operational satellite.

Sarawak students Matthew Cheong and Timothy Cheong have taken second place in the RoboMission Junior category at the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) 2026 Open Championship Europe in Zagreb, Croatia. The brothers, who attend Borneo International School, competed as team “Malaysia Boleh”. DayakDaily reported their result on Oct 17, following the championship held from Oct 13 to 16. The result is a category placing at the Europe open championship, rather than a claim to an overall WRO world ranking. Their preparation took place closer to home: Miri-based robotics centre TESSLAB trained the team in robot design, coding and competition strategy. The Sarawak government supported their participation through the Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development and Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation. The championship drew more than 220 teams from 45 countries. The brothers’ result gives Sarawak’s school-age robotics scene an international competition milestone, with local training and state-backed participation both part of the route to Zagreb.