Asia Pacific Robotics Championships at Melbourne Showgrounds
Just over the last week, we welcomed more than 200 robotics teams from countries in the Asia Pacific who flew into Melbourne for the Asia Pacific Robotics Championships at the Melbourne Showgrounds. It was truly an amazing experience to see more than 200 robots! The first day saw teams check in, have their robots inspected […]
Vex Robotics National Qualifier 2015 -2016
0n 5 December 2015, our high school Vex teams participated in the Vex Robotics World Championships Qualifier event at Forest Hill College, Burwood East. Teams from Melbourne, Canberra and Goulburn came together to play the 2015 – 2016 game "Nothing But Net". The games were very exciting with robots aiming balls into the nets. Sometimes […]
Vex IQ Bankshot Qualifier Competition
The Vex IQ 2015 – 2016 Bankshot Qualifier was held yesterday at Forest Hill College. Middle school teams competed in the Vex IQ game, Bankshot. It was truly a fun-filled and action packed day as we finished 30 rounds of qualifying games and another several rounds of robot skills. We would like to congratulate teams […]
PRESS RELEASE: The 9th Asia Pacific Robotics Championship 2015 – Robotics STEM Olympiad
PRESS RELEASE: The 9th Asia Pacific Robotics Championship 2015 – Robotics STEM Olympiad Robotics STEM Olympiad at Melbourne Showground The Asia-Pacific Robotics Championship is an international event which aims to promote robotic education to young people in the Asia-Pacific region. The competition nurtures young people’s interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) by providing […]
Launch of Tech Summer School 2016
With the focus on coding, robotics and bringing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education to the young, Innovate Tech Camps presents Tech Summer School 2016. After a successful launch of new robots in the Young Inventor and Young Explorer modules and using sensational 3D blocks which connect vertically and horizontally, we are bringing some […]
From The Student Journals Part 2
In the past four weeks, I have learnt how to control robots with a controller and also the physical and virtual robot. The coding is difficult to start with but once you understand, you get your head around it and begin to understand how it all works. I have learnt to have patience when the […]
From The Student Journals Part 1
Robotics is very enjoyable and nothing like what I thought it was going to be, which was interesting. It was great to see what people do in the world championships. I think robotics is not scary but it was very hard and challenging, but that was one of the good things about doing robotics – […]
A Girl’s Thoughts on Coding Part 1
My thoughts on coding are it's fun and challenging. It was nice to try something new although at first I thought it would've been boring and hard for me. I gave it a try and it was awesome! It's not easy but it made me realize that amazing things can happen on a computer and […]
Robotics Scrimmage In Canberra
Over the last weekend, Robotics Cub Australia organized a scrimmage in Canberra which was kindly hosted by St Clare's College. Teams from NSW and Canberra attended the event which got them learning how to set up the field and program their robots. Teams were also building towards the Nationals which will be held later this […]
Maker Days Melbourne Projects
Another wonderful Maker Day Melbourne in this frosty July! Love watching kids design, think and create interesting projects using the littleBits. We'll let the video do the talking. Look out for more Maker Day events coming up!