Students in Port Macquarie put final touches on robots for the 2019 First Robotics Competition

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Robotics students at St Columba Anglican School and Hastings Secondary College are putting the final touches on their robots before heading to the First Robotics Competition in Sydney. This is the third year students from Hastings Secondary College will be competing in the competition while students at St Columba Anglican School are competing for the second year. At the competition from March 15-17, there will be more than 60 teams from seven different countries vying for the chance to compete in Houston, Texas in April. Shaynae Murray, Hannah Stewart and Lucas Medcalf are members of Hastings Secondary College’s Hastings Heroes 6508 and said they are looking forward to another year of competition. “This is the third year we have gone to the competition and we are really excited to build on everything we have been learning about and developing,” Hannah said. “Since we started this year we have been doing a lot of brainstorming and testing our ideas to make the best robot we could.” “I have only just moved to Hastings Secondary College but I am so glad I have been able to get on the robotics team,” Lucas said. “I have been involved in the construction of the robot and it has been great to help with that.” “As a driver it will be my job to direct the robot through the course and compete in the game,” Shaynae said. “In the first part of the game we can’t see the robot but we have developed a camera so I can still see what is going on even when it is blacked out. “I am really excited to go to Sydney and do the best we can.” Part of team Iona Fusion, St Columba students Alex Reynolds and Thomas Crundwell said the great thing about robotics is that there is a job for everyone. “From January 6, we had six weeks to build our robot that we would take to competition and since the end of the build time we have been working on a second robot to practice on,” Alex said. “We have had to design, build and code our robot to do what we want it to so that we can compete with teams from eight different countries when we head to Sydney next week.” “I think it will be exciting that we can test all the things we have been doing and see if we are good enough to go to the next level,” said Thomas. Robotics mentor Warren Reynolds said the students are working at a university level when it comes to coding and design. “To get to a competition level the students are really going above and beyond what is expected of high school students,” Mr Reynolds said. “The students have been working really hard since the beginning of January and we are just putting the finishing touches on.” A team from Camden Haven High will also be competing in the competition in Sydney. While you’re with us, you can now receive updates straight to your inbox from the Port Macquarie News. To make sure you’re up to date with all the news, SIGN UP HERE.

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Robotics students at St Columba Anglican School and Hastings Secondary College are putting the final touches on their robots before heading to the First Robotics Competition in Sydney.

This is the third year students from Hastings Secondary College will be competing in the competition while students at St Columba Anglican School are competing for the second year.

At the competition from March 15-17, there will be more than 60 teams from seven different countries vying for the chance to compete in Houston, Texas in April.

“This is the third year we have gone to the competition and we are really excited to build on everything we have been learning about and developing,” Hannah said.

“Since we started this year we have been doing a lot of brainstorming and testing our ideas to make the best robot we could.”

“I have only just moved to Hastings Secondary College but I am so glad I have been able to get on the robotics team,” Lucas said.

“I have been involved in the construction of the robot and it has been great to help with that.”

“As a driver it will be my job to direct the robot through the course and compete in the game,” Shaynae said.

“In the first part of the game we can’t see the robot but we have developed a camera so I can still see what is going on even when it is blacked out.

“I am really excited to go to Sydney and do the best we can.”

PROGRAM: Students from Iona Fusion at St Columba Anglican School are preparing to compete also.

Part of team Iona Fusion, St Columba students Alex Reynolds and Thomas Crundwell said the great thing about robotics is that there is a job for everyone.

“From January 6, we had six weeks to build our robot that we would take to competition and since the end of the build time we have been working on a second robot to practice on,” Alex said.

“We have had to design, build and code our robot to do what we want it to so that we can compete with teams from eight different countries when we head to Sydney next week.”

“I think it will be exciting that we can test all the things we have been doing and see if we are good enough to go to the next level,” said Thomas.

Robotics mentor Warren Reynolds said the students are working at a university level when it comes to coding and design.

“To get to a competition level the students are really going above and beyond what is expected of high school students,” Mr Reynolds said.

“The students have been working really hard since the beginning of January and we are just putting the finishing touches on.”

A team from Camden Haven High will also be competing in the competition in Sydney.

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