2020 was an unfortunate year for everyone. Even in Robotics, we had to run our classes online for two months and use virtual robots. In terms of competitions, most were cancelled, a few were held online, and two were organised face-to-face: in South Australia and Western Australia. However, this year was the biggest for RoboCup […]
Did you know? By the age of six, children begin to categorise jobs as either male or female. By 13, they rule out careers that don’t fit with gender stereotypes. And 60% of girls aspire to stereotypically ‘female’ jobs by the age of 16. In Australia, women make up 28% of the STEM workforce, with […]
The City of West Torrens decided that Thebarton Community Centre will close until further notice, along with other libraries and centres in Adelaide. Therefore, rather than relocating the course to another venue where some students would be unable to attend due to distance or concerns from their parents regarding COVID-19, we decided to transition the […]
On 29 Nov 2019, we attended the South Australian Robotics Sumo Championship. We had eight teams out of a total of 31. After the first rounds, we had five teams in the quarter-finals (although we should’ve had six). Then all four teams in the semifinals were ours. And of course, the finals. We ended up […]
Adelaide Robotics Academy is a learning destination for the Children’s University, offering the following accredited activities: Robotics, Coding, Science, and Engineering. The University of Adelaide manages Children’s University Australia, providing educational experiences for children that recognise their achievements through the award of formal certificates and graduations. The model leverages local educational activity providers and has […]
Starting in February 2020, we will expand our curriculum by adding a new robot for advanced classes: Arduino. The benefit of using Arduino is that students will have a deeper understanding of the components, circuits, and signals that actually make technology work. And most importantly, it will introduce students to text-based coding such as Python, […]
We are happy to let you know that both our teams that entered the Robocup State Championship won trophies. One team received the Innovation Award, and the other one won second place in the Sumo competition. Congratulations to our students, the parents and supporters who made this possible! Next year, our goal is to advance […]
A new addition to our sensors will be a camera, which we can use to track and follow objects for games such as soccer or shooting. It’s called Pixy, and our students will love it! Check out this video: https://www.facebook.com/161139471103832/posts/402333283651115/
You probably know Sophia, the humanoid robot built by Hanson Robotics. What you might not know is that it will have a little sister called Little Sophia. It can walk, talk, sing, play games and, like her big sister, tell jokes. Little Sophia can be programmed in Blockly and Python. The good news is that […]
We have great news! We will offer a new science curriculum for advanced students. If your child is not yet an advanced student, it will likely be in their third year of studying Robotics. The way it works is this: if they started this year, let’s say in 2019, they would become intermediate students from […]