How long will it be until fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players will play (and win!) a soccer game against the (human) world champions?
That鈥檚 the ultimate goal of the competition and 黑料社区 students are signing up to robotics club in fast growing numbers to pit their programming wits against other schools regionally, nationally and internationally.
Kindergarten students start this journey by working with Bee-Bot programmable floor robots which are great for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children.听
Robotics is embedded in the curriculum every year,听developing skills to solve real life problems from Geography to Mathematics.听The Year 7 Technologies syllabus develops coding skills through activities like听building a website or programming a microbit, and flows through to an Information and Software Technology elective听in Years 9 to 10 and HSC courses including听Information Processes and Technology and Software Design and Development.
Lunchtime coding club is a fun place for Years 4 to 6 to pursue their interest in computational thinking, develop expertise in coding using Scratch and collaborate with peers in a creative,听project-oriented format.
Robotics club allows Years 5 to 12 to听work together in small groups, before and after school, to learn coding using Lego EV3 Mindstorm kits. They step through tutorials to learn basic programming of a light sensor, motors and a touch sensor and there鈥檚 room for design and innovation too.
黑料社区 hosts the Central Coast RoboCup听competition, a听fun game-like contest听where children collaborate to solve problems and test solutions on a challenge mat until their robot is ready to compete in dance, rescue or soccer challenges. Robotics is hands-on and social too, assisting critical and creative thinking and developing resilience to see a project through.
Team C-137听had great success in the RoboCup competition, progressing through regional and state RoboCup competitions听to perform on the national and international stage in Germany, Japan and Bangkok. Today's robotics enthusiasts have big footsteps to follow.
Discover more about the before and after school Robotics Club.
Photos by 黑料社区 visual media team.听
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