Awards
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2011/12 New Zealand National Design Award
2011/12 New Zealand National Tournament Finalists
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
Gateway World Champs Day 1 Friday, 20 April 2012 21:43 | Last Updated on Friday, 20 April 2012 21:45 |  Written by Kate | |
What a fantastic first day for all the kiwis at the World Champs. You can be sure the world is watching New Zealand teams! As for our own, Terrific Terrydacty, what an incredible day she has had. We are so proud of her, 3 wins, no losses, top of the Engineering division and even able to fix her own intake problems! You go girl and show them what your made of! The autonomous seems to be working well, the robot reliable and the drver dedicated. What a combination. As for the other kiwis, Jack (Lynfield College, 2915A) is leading the Math division, unbeaten and is ranked 7th in the Driver Skills challenge. Max (aMax, 720P) is 4th in the Science division, also unbeaten. Oatumoetai, Onehunga, Pinehurst and Kristin have had a mixed start but we wish them all the very best in the next two days. Information on the live streams:
Beginners Guide to ROBOTC hits 1000 downloads!Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:15 | Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:16 | Written by George | |
Woohoo exciting news, Ive just gone past my first 1000 downloads of my Beginners Guide to ROBOTC. I hope people are finding it useful and I am currently working on the Intermediate Guide to ROBOTC... Watch this space! Update to the Beginners Guide to ROBOTCMonday, 05 March 2012 17:55 | Last Updated on Monday, 12 March 2012 04:47 | Written by George | |
An update has been made to the Beginnners Guide to ROBOTC. It now includes programming the Cortex Microcontroller as well as the PIC Microcontroller. This guide was first created and published a year ago by George Gillard (aged 14 at the time) and has already had over 900 downloads. It is aimed to help new programmers learn how to programme in ROBOTC, a C language for robots. If you would like to download the guide, here is a link. NZ Nationals 2012Sunday, 04 March 2012 18:03 | Last Updated on Sunday, 04 March 2012 18:04 | Written by Terry Allen | |
The 2011-2012 season has certainly been an exhilarating one. NZ held the Robot World Cup battle here in October where Free Range teams managed to take 1st and 2nd place. The scrimmages throughout the year have helped all the NZ teams hone their skills, develop and extend engineering ideas, and raise the bar in the competition. We are grateful to the Kiwibots, Massey and Auckland Uni teams for all the time and energy you invest into the program! The Nationals competition this year was fierce as always. There were many strong contenders with solidly designed robots which made for robust matches. Our team had 3 robots entered in the Nationals competition, and all three made it through to the quarterfinal playoff rounds. We all know the stomach churning anxiety of those moments in battle where everything can change in a second, and the agony or joy as the points are added. This competition had plenty of adrenaline moments. Free Range Team 2921 finished 2nd place in the qualifications round, winning all their matches and missing 1st place by just one ranking point! Free Range Team 2921, in an alliance with aMax and Avondale, made it through to the finals and in a nail biting “best of 3” battle that included the first game ending in a tie, we were defeated by the Lynfield College alliance trio, coming in at 2nd place. We have always taken the responsibility of representing NZ very seriously – knowing full well that many of our teams here in NZ would shine in the USA based World Champs competition. The high standard among our peers here in NZ is something we are really proud to be part of. Lynfield College has always been a force to reckon with and we are delighted to see them go on to represent NZ in the World Championships in LA next month. Congratulations to you all and we know you will carry the NZ Tournament Champions torch with honour. Good luck and congratulations to Pinehurst who also have qualified for the World Championship competition. |
