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For the average high schooler, winning a single game at an international robotics competition in which your machine needs to be able to shoot balls through the air, into a target seems hard enough. But finding success after having Turkish customs seize your machine parts sounds like mission impossible. Refusing to quit, a team of high schoolers from Taipei taped together a robot that somehow won 4 qualification games in a row while also setting the daily record for points.

Hailing from Taiwan, this team of high schoolers studies in Taipei at VIS International School, an experimental education institution. They flew to Istanbul, Turkey, where they’re competing under the most difficult of circumstances.

Their faces may look calm, but their sweaty palms reveal how they truly feel; they’d packed up all their robot equipment, yet when they arrived in Turkey, customs seized all their parts. Not willing to throw in the towel, they borrowed tools and spare parts from the teams of other countries. They ended up assembling a robot that was essentially held together by tape, thereby forcing them to switch up their tactics. Unfazed, the team won 4 qualification matches while also setting the daily record for most points.

Member of public
Works in trade and customs
It’s really inspiring. What they did symbolizes the spirit of Taiwan, to never give up.

Member of public
Impressed
Just amazing. Even after having their parts confiscated, they still were able to use all the resources they could find there.

Member of public
Astonished
Really impressive. They found a way to solve the problem.

Because Taiwan is not a party to the worldwide ATA Carnet system, Taiwanese with goods seeking temporary admission to another country must first file an application with the Taiwan External Trade Development Council. Complicating things, Türkiye and Taiwan haven’t signed a bilateral ATA Carnet agreement. A trading company employee advised people to look up their destination’s immigration regulations in advance.

Member of public
Works in trade and customs
Basically every country has pretty complicated regulations for hundreds, even thousands of goods. For the tools in a competition like this, of course the stuff should be mailed to the destination before the team arrives. But if you want to play it even safer, then you can contact an agent in your destination that knows how to handle trade-related issues.

Customs official
Taipei Customs Inspection Division
This might be a good time to let travelers know, that in order to prevent their rights from being infringed upon, they should be aware about the regulations of the country they’re traveling to.

Facing what seemed like mission impossible, the Taiwanese team was able to think on their feet and somehow find a way to win.

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