A small team of six boys and two mentors took to the field at Macquarie University for their first Robotics competition off-season event. Off the back of the Australian Regional Competition held in Wollongong in March, these off-season events are the ideal time for the team to try out new sub-systems and introduce new members to the build, coding and drive teams in the heat of an event.
The first day saw the boys compete very strongly with a new pneumatic subsystem, which uses compressed air and fast pistons rather than the linear motors that they used at the Regional event. The system performed almost flawlessly, which is a credit to the new team of designers that have joined the team. The team was placed 5th out of a strong line up of 14 teams, with the day also featuring two strong wins against the imperious Barker College alliance.
On the next day, the team was chosen as first pick by the top seeded alliance captain. The robot and the team performed admirably in the finals but sadly one of the robots in the alliance died during the final and so the team ended up being outscored and eliminated.
The Joeys team was the top seeded rookie team at the event and keeps going from strength to strength.
- Team members:
- Timothy Shu: Team Captain and Coding/Software Team Lead
- Benjamin Eiszele: Design and Engineering Team Lead
- Tristian Seeto: Drive Team Coach
- Laurie Lee-Field (Y11): Construction and Team Driver
- Marek Kliman (Y11): Coding/Software and Team Driver
- Jamie Doust (Y11): Design/Construction and Human Player.
The Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer, within Investment NSW, is committed to encouraging students to consider a future career in a science-, technology-, engineering- or mathematics-related (STEM-related) field.
The Office offers funding to NSW high school and tertiary students participating in STEM-related courses, competitions and events through several programs including the Science & Engineering Challenge, the Supporting Young Scientists Programand the STEM Student Competition Sponsorship Program
