Robotics and F1

Robotics report 

On the 21st of August the extra-curricular robotics group participated in the annual RCJA (Robo Cup Junior Australia) competition at UNSW. We competed in three competitions: Open Rescue, Secondary Rescue and Open Soccer. In Open and Secondary Rescue, the robot must navigate along a line course and rescue a victim. The robot must then locate and place a silver can on an orange block (Open Rescue) and push the can out of the spill (Secondary Rescue). In Open Soccer, two soccer robots compete against another school in a match, and must score by detecting and moving an orange ball into a goal. At the State Competition we received three awards:

2nd Open Rescue: Cristina Koprinski, Amelie Skelton
Rescue Innovation Award: Cristina Koprinski, Amelie Skelton
Rescue Innovation Award:  Gabriel Thien, Xavier Cooney, Manit Anand

Ten students were then chosen to represent the school at the National Competition in Melbourne on the 4th and 8th October. The students were able to enrich their knowledge in programming, electronics and engineering over the course of the week by participating in workshops and networking with industry mentors. We achieved:

The Best Robot Design for Open Rescue: Cristina Koprinski, Amelie Skelton, Georgio Hawi

Cristina Koprinski
F1 in Schools report 

On the 17th of September, Vertex Racing and NCAD racing, from the Maker Society participated in the F1 in Schools Regionals Championships. We competed at Newington College in the Senior Professional divisions. Prior to the day, both teams created two mini F1 cars, an enterprise and engineering portfolio and a verbal presentation. The aim of the competition is not only to have the fastest car on a 20m track, but is also to be well rounded by having the best verbal presentation, portfolios and manufacturing processes. The competition ended in tremendous results. Vertex Racing, consisting of Angelina Lee, Anson Lee, Cristina Koprinski, Gabriel Thien and Edmund Derwent, won overall first place and many other awards such as overall fastest car, fastest reaction time, best team portfolio, best team verbal presentation, outstanding industry collaboration and more. NCAD also received similar results coming overall second. Both teams will be progressing to the F1 in Schools State Competition on 5th-7th September in Penrith.

Angelina Lee