Month: June 2015

Over the past year S3-S5 pupils of the Design and Technology STEM club have been building a Rampaging Chariot to compete at the Scottish Robotic Games 2015. This project involved designing and engineering a remote controlled robot using the motors and batteries taken from two cordless power drills.

Pupils competed in three events: robot sumo, robot obstacle assault course and robot football. The team managed to reach the quarter finals of the robot sumo and the semi-finals of the football but had to concede defeat, when unfortunately our robot became irreparable due to excessive damage.

The department would like to say a massive thanks to the team for their efforts in engineering the robot and in competing at the Scottish Robotic Games. Furthermore the department would like to thank Ken Maxted (STEM ambassador) for his assistance with the club. Finally well done to Alex Bowman, Sam Sloan, Alastair Wood, Matthew Anderson, Rumaisa Zubairi, David Christie and Ross Johnstone.

The team will begin rebuilding the robot in August 2016 with an aim to compete once again at the 2016 games.

A group of S1/S2 pupils have been involved in the BAE Systems engineering challenge. This involved pupils engineering a model boat from card and basic materials working alongside and ambassador from the company.

Pupils were tasked with the challenge of designing a boat that could stay afloat as long possible when varying amounts of weight were applied and sail in a straight line when powered by a motor. The pupils involved had to think about the design of bulk heads and how to protect the card from softening in water. This was tested fully when BAE drilled holes into the side of the boat and tested how long it would stay afloat whilst taking on water.

The pupils won the afternoon session and came fourth overall. In addition to this, pupils won the award for best looking boat.

The department would like to thank BAE and Mr Rich for supporting the pupils in this challenge. We would also like to say a massive thanks to the pupils involved, for all of their hard work and effort. The pupils involved were: Stanley Hay, Connor Black, Jack Addie, Iliane Hifi and Amin Hife. Well done!