Last week on Thursday 19th all of 6th class went up to C.I.T to compete in the VEX IQ competition.We had about an hour bus journey up to C.I.T. When we got in to the sports arena the atmosphere was brilliant .We got our stand set up and our robot inspected by the judges. We got the all clear.
Our first challenge was the driver skills challenge. Our programming was a bit off but we still did very well. We had a very good next couple of matches. Then we went outside for lunch. We were in 26th place.
When we came back in, we went around to look at all the other schools stands. A bit of time went past and we were climbing up the leaderboard. Soon after they started the teamwork challenges and we were very successful and got into 2nd place in the qualifying round. Then we did very well in the quarter finals and made it into the finals. It was a very intense few matches but on the last few seconds when we were about to go onto the bridge with Scoil Eoin, the wire going from the motor to the brain got stuck in the gear to lift the claw up and down, so therefore we came in 4th place.
We did manage to get a design award and we are all very proud of our achievements.
Our first challenge was the driver skills challenge. Our programming was a bit off but we still did very well. We had a very good next couple of matches. Then we went outside for lunch. We were in 26th place.
When we came back in, we went around to look at all the other schools stands. A bit of time went past and we were climbing up the leaderboard. Soon after they started the teamwork challenges and we were very successful and got into 2nd place in the qualifying round. Then we did very well in the quarter finals and made it into the finals. It was a very intense few matches but on the last few seconds when we were about to go onto the bridge with Scoil Eoin, the wire going from the motor to the brain got stuck in the gear to lift the claw up and down, so therefore we came in 4th place.
We did manage to get a design award and we are all very proud of our achievements.