The FIRST Lego League national championship was held at ACG Strathallan in South Auckland recently, with twenty teams from around New Zealand competing in the three aspects of FIRST competitions. The first part of the competition is the ‘Team Project’. Each team identified a problem faced by senior citizens in daily life, and designed a product to help the seniors …
Head Referee’s Feedback from Asia-Pacific 2012
Hi everyone, I have put together a document of my impressions and observations of the Asia Pacific competition from a rules perspective. I thought it might be helpful to people to see what some common mistakes were, so that they can avoid them in other competitions. Link: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/64849289/Asia%20Pacific%202012%20-%20Comments%20from%20Head%20Ref.pdf The rules are full of things you are not allowed to do, …
SMC Pneumatics College Scrimmage Dec 2012
Saturday 1 December saw the first ever New Zealand VEX Robotics College Competition event held outside of Nationals. With students attending from University of Auckland, Massey University (Albany and Palmerston North Campuses), Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Manakau Institute of Technology (MIT), and University of Canterbury (UC), it was easily the largest college event held in the country. Unfortunately, there …