'Travis' the victorious robot

Saturday 11 May 2019

Three sixth formers at Ladies' College have won a national robotics competition with their creation, 'Travis'.

Teams taking part in the Student Robotics challenge had to build a fully autonomous robot to compete against other schools in an 8m square arena.

College students Hannah, Sabina and Daisy travelled to Southampton University for this year's competition along with teachers Mr Hale and Ms Ledger - and of course Travis.

Pictured: Travis the successful robot (Image from ladiescollege.com).

The event concluded with an intense match between Ladies' College, Peter Symonds College, Hampton School, Lady Eleanor Holles Schools and Hills Road Sixth Form College.

Many different designs of robot were presented at the competition but Travis, with his elastic-band-powered catapult, was crowned the overall winner.

Pictured: This year's contestants (image from studentrobotics.org).

The Ladies' College Robotics team has thanked Guernsey Electricity, which sponsored the sixth formers to travel to the UK and take part in the event.

Pictured: The Ladies' College Robotics team (Image from ladiescollege.com).