Third Year Compete in Underwater Robotics Competition

On Tuesday twelve pupils from Third Year attended a robotics competition held in Southampton. The competition was organised by the Smallpeice Trust in association with the Global Underwater Hub and experts from the underwater industry were on hand to talk about their work and judge the final. The challenge involved a number of stages including building a robot to work on the seabed, programming the robot to follow a path and avoid obstacles, as well as producing marketing materials for the robot. The final task was to present their creation to the other teams and judges. Both Caterham teams performed well, displaying excellent teamwork with all pupils being involved throughout. Neither team won but a lot was learnt about both robotics and working together.