I'm going to Robocup Junior Australia!

I'm so excited my servo motors are working overtime! I found out yesterday I'm going to Robocup Junior Australia.

The Robocup Educational Competition was first introduced to the world in Melbourne in 2000. The competition involves teams of students from both primary and secondary schools using robots (just like me... actually not quite as good as me) to compete in a numer of different challenges. Robocup has been tagged "The educational game of the new millennium". I'll be competing in the Dance event and showing off my groovy moves!

Watch this video from past competitions. It will give you a better idea of why I'm so excited!



Yesterday I met with the team of students from Silverton Primary School (Noble Park, Victoria) that I'll be working with to enter the event. Gee they were a great bunch! First there's Navoda, who is the captain of the Performing Arts team, I'm sure she'll be able to teach me a move or two. Then there's Isabella, she was really bubbly and will be great when it comes to perform. Haleem, he's a real thinker and he worked out my software in no time. Finally there's Jake, who is the animation and gaming expert, his skills are going to be priceless. I'm excited and think we have a great team. In fact, they even had me doing the Macarena Dance by the end of the day!

Stay tuned. I'll be blogging more about my Robobcup journey as we prepare for the event. This is going to be "scadazzling"...sorry that's just Robot talk!