Go AutoNora: 25 points First Run

The Day Has Arrived!

The day is here, the arenas are set up, and the PR team are ready to tell everybody about the BALLINOROBOTS!!

Stem Team Meets Building Manager and Principal!

The STEM team today met with building manager and principal to discuss whether solar panels were a feasible installation for the new extension or not. Unfortunately not due to the length of the holidays. The competition is tomorrow and everyone is very excited to go to CIT :)

The Arena has arrived for practising!

The Lifetime Lab dropped out the arena during the week. The Coding Team and the Drive/Build Team have been busy preparing for both the autonomous and co-operative challenges respectively. Nora is moving well under the control of our drivers!

The PR Team!

This is the PR Team. Their names are Muireann Forde, Ronan Murphy, Ciara O’ Brien, Andrea Gaffney, David Collins, Laoise Murphy and Niamh Cullinane. Their role in this project is to raise money, advertise and make sure things run smoothly. They organised a cake sale at the start of the project to raise money for t-shirts and other things. Ciara O’ Brien is their team captain and Muireann Forde is their vice captain. On the day the judges will be asking them questions about everything.

The Coding Team!

This the Coding Team. Their names are Eoghan Murphy and Ben Murphy. Their job is to program the robot for the autonomous challenge. They work closely with the Robot Construction Team and the Engineering Notebook Team. On the day they will help manage the robot and they will help to control our robot Nora during the autonomous challenge.

The Engineering Team!

This is the Engineering Notebook Team. Their names are Cara O’ Shea, David Lehane and Juliette Blake. Their role in this project is to work with the Robot Build/Drive Team in the designing of the Robot. They make a note of any difficulties and help to solve problems with the design. They also worked together with the Coding Team for the autonomous challenge and made a note of this progress in the notebook too. On the day they will show their notebook to the judges. In this notebook they have drawn pictures, taken pictures and made notes about the robot’s progress.