Robotics Club

Congratulations to Koosha (9F) and George (9E)

Disaster has struck! The city is in ruins! Time is running out to rescue the survivors!  A rescue capsule has been dropped for one survivor to clamber into, but the whole area is surrounded by a toxic spill that the first responders cannot get through. Their only chance to rescue the victim is to send in an autonomous robot to move the capsule outside the toxic spill. Fortunately, they have Koosha, George and their robot, Pashmam, on their side.

On Saturday, August 3rd, Koosha and George entered the RoboCup Junior Rescue Melbourne Regional robotics competition and finished 2nd out of 33 secondary teams. To carry out the mission Pashmam had to be prepared to navigate a course that included obstacles, uneven surfaces, narrow gates, inclines and intersections. It then had to enter the toxic spill, find and control the rescue capsule in order to remove it from the toxic spill. All of this needed to be done without human interference.

At the end of this month they will be entering Pashmam in the Victorian State RoboCup Junior competition where there will be joined by over 60 secondary teams and more than 650 students from around Victoria competing in not only Rescue, but also robot Soccer and an On-Stage robot dance competition.

Pashmam rescuing the victim

Koosha getting ready to send Pashmam on its rescue mission

David Ebert

Head of Digital Technology