17th February 11:
08/09 CEIA Schools Lego Robot Competition
WELCOME to the 08/09 CEIA Schools Lego Robot Competition. This is the fifth year of the exciting and fun competition where teams of second level students (2nd year) pit their engineering skills against each other to develop the most innovative robots capable of completing a specific challenge. Each year participating teams are supplied with Lego Mindstorms NXT kits and a key aspect of the competition is that engineers, researchers and technologists from industry, UCC, CIT and Tyndall Institute provide mentor support for the teams which is a wonderful opportunity for students to gain an insight into careers in the industry. As well as competing for the perpetual trophy, teams can also compete for a range of prizes for most inventive designs and best presentation of a research project relating to the competition theme. The competition was launched in schools during October 08 and the final night will take place on Thursday, Feb 12th 2009 at Maryborough House Hotel.
CONGRATULATIONS to the talented team from Douglas Community School who used some innovative thinking to come up with a solution to the challenge that was different to all the other robots and this creativity ultimately led them to victory in the competition. They had strong opposition in a tense final from Bandon Grammar School, winners of the competition for the previous two years. The winning team received a Logitech® laptop for their school and each team member also received a Logitech® Squeezebox Boom™. The students from Colaiste Choilm showed a skill for circuit design and took the prize for most innovative electronic beacon, while new entrants Colaiste an Phiarsiagh, Glanmire won the best project presentation prize with a very professional entry as Gaeilge.
Check out http://e-eng.cit.ie/Lego.html for video clips!
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| Douglas Community School. Winners. | Bandon Grammar. Second prize. | Colaiste Choilm. Winners of the best electronic beacon design prize. | Colaiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire. Winners of the best poster presentation prize. |
Schools Registered for Competition 08/09:
| Ashton Secondary School, Blackrock Rd. Bandon Grammar School Christian Brothers College, Sidney Hill Colaiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig Colaiste Chriost Ri, Capwell Rd Colaiste Muire, Cobh Douglas Community School Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Rd Pobalscoil na Trionoide, Youghal Presentation Brothers College, Mardyke Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Blarney St Angela's Ursuline Convent, Waterford St Brogan's College, Bandon St Francis College, Rochestown St Vincent's Secondary School, St Mary's Rd Ursuline Secondary School, Blackrock |
Register your school for competition 09/10: |
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| Registration: To register simply complete the registration form and forward to: Cork Electronics Industry Association Lego Robot Competition Industry House Rossa Avenue Bishopstown Cork For further details, please contact: Deirdre de Bhailis, Tel: 086 2228339 or e-mail: deirdre.debhailis@ceia.ie |
Media Coverage
| Competition 08/09 | Previous Years |
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| 19th Feb 09: Robot Winners, Cork Independent | 27th Jan 08: Robots on News2day on RTE2 |
| 19th Feb 09: Douglas Post | 30th Jan 08: Bandon Briefing, Evening Echo |
| 18th Feb 09: Bright future for young inventors, Evening Echo | 28th Jan 08: Douglas Diary, Evening Echo |
| 16th Feb 09: Douglas students tops in robot competition, Evening Echo | 26th Jan 08: Ballincollig Students go Lego Crazy |
| 13th Feb 09: Evening Echo | 15th Feb 07: Cork Independent |
| 14th Feb 07: Bandon Briefing, Evening Echo | |
| 10th Feb 07: Eco-friendly robot collects top prize for Cork Students, Evening Echo | |
| 29th Jan 07: Students Mindstorm in Douglas, Evening Echo | |
| 3rd Jan 07: Students in race to build best Lego Robot, Evening Echo |
Winners 07/08
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| Bandon Grammar School. Winners. | St Brogan's College, Bandon. Second prize. | St Angela's Ursuline Convent, Waterford. Winners of the best project presentation prize. |