In just under a month, thirty-six robots and three hundred young people will converge on the University of Southampton for the largest Student Robotics Competition to date.
In November 2012, a lecture theatre packed with sixth formers started designing robots to take part in “A Strange Game”. In this game, Robots must move large cubes onto pedestals to form lines of tokens in a big game of noughts-and-crosses, while stopping their rivals from scoring too. And to make it more interesting, their robots must operate completely autonomously, only taking commands from a Python program on board the robot.
Since then, the teams have spent four months prototyping and testing their robots. Some really exciting designs have been developed, including scissor lifts, vacuum suckers, and even a hovercraft!
This year the competition will be taking place at the Students Union building at the University of Southampton, over the 13th and 14th of April. Please note that competitors must bring their ticket with them. Families, friends and all members of the public are welcome to attend too, with persons under the age of 18 accompanied by an adult.
We look forward to seeing you there, and may the best robot win!
The SR Team