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.

The Robot Construction and Driving Team!

This is the Robot Construction and Driving Team. Their names are Donnchadha, Sean, James and Helena. Their role in this project is to construct the robot, alter the robot to different designs and on the day of the competition they will drive the robot. They work closely with the Engineering team, who record the alterations and general progress of the construction.

The STEM Team!

This is the STEM team. Their names are Senan, Cian, Imaan and Adam. Their role in this project is to create an engineering project and present it on the day of the competition. They have chosen to study solar energy and are currently researching the use of solar panels. They are also creating an experiment to show their findings during the presentation.

Cake Sale

On the 4th of December 2015, our class held a cake sale to raise money for our Vex Robotics project. The PR team organised it. The PR team made and put up posters around the school. It was lots of fun. Most of the class baked cakes and cookies. They were really nice. The PR team all had special jobs. Ciara was in charge of the money, Laoise handed out plastic bags for everyone’s cakes. Ronan and David went to tell different classes to come to our venue, the Scout Den. Niamh looked after the raffle with help from Senan. Muireann and Andrea were floor managers. Everyone else handed out cakes. The day was a big success. We ran out of cakes near the end so our teachers had to go to the shop to get more! At the end of the day, we had sold all the cakes. We raised €442! We had lots of fun too! Stay tuned to find out about the different teams in the project, coming soon......