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Hills Road RoboCon

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A free and accessible robotics competition for GCSE students. See website for more information.

 Hills Road Sixth Form College
robocon.uk
Joined March 2022
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Robocon 2024 has been successfully launched at this year’s kickoff event!
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You can find a summary of the competition and the full results on our website. Stay tuned for information about RoboCon 2024 in the coming months! robocon.uk/blog/robocon-2023…
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Special thanks to our sponsors @frontierdev @ttp_plc @CMRSurgical @Microsoft RoboCon is funded entirely by the generous support of local businesses – we couldn’t do this without you.
Three students talking to sponsor Frontier Developments at their booth.

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A GCSE student talking to sponsor CMR Surgical at their booth and interacting with a demonstration pneumatic arm.

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Congratulations to our winners @bottishamvc and all our other teams @SawstonVC @ImpingtonVC @CranbrookSch @Kings_Ely @Trumpington_Edu @HertswoodUK for creating amazing “sheep-herding” robots. Every year our teams raise the standards and 2023 was no exception.
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A small black robot using two arms to scoop two cuboid tokens in an arena.

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A fight over cuboid tokens between four autonomous robots.

ALT A fight over cuboid tokens between four autonomous robots.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in @HillsRoadNews RoboCon 2023! This year’s competition was a huge success thanks to your hard work and creativity.
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Of course, a special thanks to our sponsors @frontierdev @ttp_plc and @CMRSurgical for making #robocon22 #robocon2022 possible!
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And that's a wrap on this year's #Robocon22 ! Thank you to all our teams and sponsors for making this event the best it's been so far. And, congrats to the teams winning our awards. We hope to see you next year!
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The robots were out for each other during the final qualifying rounds of today's event! Luckily minimal damage was done to all robots involved... #robocon2022 #robocon22 @bottishamvc
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A fantastic first day of #robocon2022 ! The teams came fully prepared with incredible robots and improved throughout the day. Looking forward to another morning of exciting competitions!
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