Clear Unbreakable Polycarbonate panels were supplied by Allplastics for the Barker College Red Crusade Robotics Team that participated in the US based FirstTM (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition at Sydney Olympic Park.
FIRST Robotics is an internationally acclaimed robotics program that inspires a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths in young people.
Founded in the USA in 1989, FIRST Australia was established at Macquarie University in 2006. Since then,FIRST Australia has partnered with schools and universities across
Australia with teams and competitions held in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
Australian teams have enjoyed remarkable success attending the FIRST World Championship Tournament each year from 2006 to 2014.
Worldwide there are 32,600 teams made up of 350,000+ students from nearly 80 countries. 64,000+ Mentors and 66,000+ event Volunteers and Affiliate Partners donate their time to make FIRST possible.The Three day tournament featured 21 robots entered by schools and universities across Australia. The robots assist each other to move giant balls down the field and into low and high goals score in 2 minutes and 30seconds.
Mr John Nicholls who was mentor of the Red Crusade team said "We would like to thank all sponsors including Allplastics Engineering for their assistance"
"The Team 4613 Barker College/AAR Net robot was the top placed robot at the end of 2 Days of competition and earned a place to take the robot to the FRC world championship in St Louis USA.
Allplastics wishes the Barker College robotics Team the best in their endeavours in the USA
