Awards
2011/12 Robot World Cup Tournament Champions
2011/12 Robot World Cup Tournament Finalists
2010/11 World Engineering Division Think Award
2010/11 World Engineering Division Tournament Champions
2010/11 New Zealand National Excellence Award
2010/11 New Zealand National Tournament Champions x 2
2010/11 New Zealand National Programming Skills Champions
2010/11 New Zealand National Robot Skills Runner Up
2010/11 New Zealand National Volunteer of the Year Award
2010/11 New Zealand National Innovate Award
2010/11 New Zealand Upper North Island Regional Tournament Champions
2010/11 New Zealand Upper North Island Regional Tournament Finalists
2010/11 New Zealand Upper North Island Robot Skills Champions
2010/11 New Zealand Upper North Island Programming Champions
2009/10 World Tournament Champions2009/10 World Web Design Award
Please vote for us!Hi everyone,
Voting for the VEX online challenges was just recently opened. Please vote generously for us! Here's how...
Thank you for voting!! :) January UpdateSo after a break from robotics, the Free Range team has reformed to take on the new year and upcoming competitions! Some building and upgrading has been done on all 3 robots and they are nearing completion for the next competition on the 28th January.
Free Range enters Website and Essay Challenges for 2011/12After a complete template redesign and some updates, Free Range Robotics have entered the team/club website challenge, part of the VEX online challenges for the 2011/12 season, Gateway! We have also entered the essay challenge with an essay that Aarone wrote about his journey so far with VEX.
Please vote for us! You can vote here for the website and here for the essay. Voting opens on the 11th January, and ends on the 24th January. Thanks! ![]() NZ Xmas scrimmageChristrmas scrimmage was help at Auckland University and graciously hosted by AURA. Teams were encouraged to dress their robots aswell as themselves. 17 teams competed in a tightly fought end of year battle. Congratulations to an alliance of 2941 (Oatemoetai College) and 2900 SymbiOHSis (Onehunga High School) who won the competition and narrowly beat our A robot which was alligned with 2915A (Lynfield College). Sorry Lynfield, it wasn't our day this time. 2915A (Lynfield College) won the best dressed robot competition. Great fun was had by all. A special thank you to 2915A (Lynfield College) who helped our A robot get to the finals.
A special mention for our youngest teammate, Aarone, who did really well driving in his first scrimmage. He finished 5th overall. |






