Robots clash in Naenae

Nineteen lower North Island teams battled one another with remote-controlled, wheeled “robots” for first place in the Vex Robotics regional championships last month.

Hosted at the council’s Naenae computer clubhouse on May 19, the event was won by two Palmerston North teams (championship rules require teams that reach the quarterfinals to pair up). The clubhouse’s team reached the semi-finals.

Robots must be able to lift and manipulate objects as well as manoeuvre round the competition course.