Robotics Club

On Saturday 9th June Pacific took part in the Sunshine Coast Robotics Competition held at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosa. This was the first time Pacific Robotics Club has participated in the Competition. We entered the sumo division of the competition and the robotics club was represented by Varsh Surapaneni Year 8, Noah Taverner Year 8 and Joshua Lusk Yr 6. 90 teams were registered in the sumo division ranging from year 5 to year 12 in the one category.

In the sumo competition, two robots are set back to back, ten centimetres apart in a one metre diameter black circle with a white border. Once started, the robots try to push one another out of the ring and off the board. The robot program is completely autonomous.

When we arrived at the venue, the boys found the robot program was not working correctly and so they worked to rectify the problem. The boys worked throughout the day making minor modifications to optimise their robots’ performance.

In the first three ‘point rounds’ our team won each round and moved into the elimination finals. By the time we moved through elimination rounds to the eight remaining teams, we were amongst all seniors teams. One of our opponents had represented their school in America last year.

It was amazing to watch just how well the team form the College worked as a team. At the end of day they won 3rd place and were presented with a trophy on stage.

A huge congratulations to the three boys for their fantastic effort.

Mrs Janine Stone, Head of IT