Hobart Robotics
Places to go to get started with robotics
Getting Started
Begin your technology journey
Robocup Jr.
Competition as learning
Robocup Jr has two events in Tasmania:
Hobart regional event in July
State finals in August
Both events are open to the public and free to spectators
Robocup Junior
Competition to jump start learning
Learn more about Robocup Junior at the national site: https://robocupjunior.org.au/.
See upcoming Tasmanian Robocup Jr. events:
https://robocupjunior.org.au/tas
or join our mailing list by sending us a message via the contact box below.
Robotic clubs
informal drop-in learning
Bob Elliott runs several free (or gold coin donation) robotics clubs:
Enterprize code club - Mondays at 5:30, 24 Davies St.
Hobart Hackerspace open night - 7:30 Thursday nights, New Town.
Hackerspace robotics club - 4:00 - 6:30 Friday afternoons
UTAS Robotics
Students mentoring students
Students from the local FRC team (https://firstaustralia.org/programs/first-robotics-competition/) do outreach by mentoring younger students in the FLL, FTC, and Robocup Jr. competitions.
FLL robotics teams
Robot missions in Lego land
First Lego League (FLL) is a robotics competition where spend 10 weeks preparing their robot for a series of themed missions on a playing field of mechanical Lego challenges and obstacles. Students also compete by making a presentation about how they would solve a real-life problem related to that year's theme.
Season: August, September, and October each year.
Teams at A-lab and UTAS Sandy Bay (Friday nights).
Cost: usually about $10 per student per week.
LINCs and councils
Robotics activities in your local area
Glenorchy LINC - Regular robotics programs
Kingbourough Council - Now has EV3 robots?
Derwent Valley Youth Action Task Force - Holidays and FLL
TAG - Tasmanian Association of Gifted
Accelerated challenges for talented minds
TAG runs a robotics group on Sundays (9-3 pm?) at Goulburn Street Primary School.
Cost: $10 per week? (or annual membership in TAG?)
Robotman
Robotics workshops by a pro
Robotman runs commercial robotics workshops. A former robotics teacher from Victoria, he brings along all the robot gear you need.
https://www.robotman.com.au/about.html
Cost: $100-200?
Teacher support
Get your school started with Robocup Jr.
Sign up via the contact form below to get support in learning how you can help your students build and code the robots they need to compete in Robocup Jr.
Parents - help your school get started
Sending a test signal from your Micro:bit
Sign up via the contact form below to get advice on how you can support your principal and teachers get the equipment and knowledge they need to run a robotics program at your school.
