Next week one primary school in Northern Ireland will be building, then testing, an outdoor robot in the woodland..Cue some disassembly prep!https://youtu.be/hCA6JNuUY00https://www.flickernet.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Outdoor_Robot.mp4
About Flickernet 25: Supporting underprivileged young people Assisting schools in the South West of England Outdoor learning and remote sensing facilities (Space To Learn), in Northern Ireland Core principles:We have a Christian ethos, seeking to meet the needs of those who face disadvantage by providing access to technology and the natural world: in combination Pupil-led investigations and project-based learning ensure creative control for those who…
After many months of building, coding and debugging - eight noble robots lined up on the starting line for the first ever Robot Racing Club Inter-School Tournament!With commentating teams ready in the Commentating Box and the technology primed, the first race began.Hosts Bishopstone Primary School took an early lead. Visiting school St. Mary's were quick to respond with their BossBot making some fierce lunges…
The first Robot Racing Club Inter-schools Tournament will be taking place within a few weeks. A total of sixteen robots are revving their motors in anticipation!
In preparation for the inter-school robot race, we are creating interactive arena features at Bishopstone. For the purposes of automatic activation, we are building pressure pads with sufficient sensitivity that robot wheels can trigger them!
The inter-school Robot Racing challenge is hotting up! With both Bishopstone and St Mary's Primary schools fielding teams of robots that increasingly move in the right direction - the moment is fast approaching for Race Day! For updates on team progress, please see www.flickernet.net/rrc To liven up the arena, we have been developing claw-bots that will chomp at unsuspecting robots as they pass!
If, like me, you were a fan of the Tomy robot collection from the 1980s, then you may also recall the tantalising sensation born out of an awareness of what those robots were unable to do, which was almost as invigorating as what they could do. Take Chatbot: it was equipped with a mechanical voice recorder that was primed by pulling a large level…
Now that we have got our robots avoiding obstacles - will they be able to escape ClawBot?! Follow the latest Bishopstone RRC developments at www.flickernet.net/bishy
Swindon Borough Council - custodians of the Magic Roundabout - have kindly agreed to my request to site a particulate sensor on traffic lights in town. It is hoped that the busy toad will provide a new data stream to add to the mountain air / classroom feeds that are already in place. All being well, the fumes produced by passing traffic will show…
Delighted to announce the start of RRC -with the ever-wonderful St Mary's Primary School! We are currently exploring which kit works best, and hoping to develop this new club in support of neurodivergent pupils soon. Thank you to Colm and the team for providing every opportunity to explore new technologies with his wonderful class - from Unity-built gaming to the upcoming WatchBox - these…
