The robot I worked on and operated (pictured above) won the Engineering inspiration award during the March 2019 Australian FRC regional competition.

What is the Engineering Inspiration award?

As described by the FIRST organisation, the Engineering Inspiration award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering within a team’s school or organization and community. It is awarded based on: Extent and inventiveness of the team’s efforts to recruit students to engineering with particular emphasis on the most recent year’s efforts, Measurable success of those efforts, Extent and effectiveness of the team’s community outreach efforts with particular emphasis on the most recent year’s efforts. Measurable success of those efforts, commitment to science and technology education among the team, school, and community, Achievement of the FIRST mission and ability to communicate that at the competition and away from it.