Programs/Competitions
Competitions and rallies
Students who want to enter a robotics challenge use class time to build the task, practice the run, and practice the explanation. Muru RoboKids prepares teams for a school STEM contest or a robotics rally. We do not claim to host World Robot Olympiad or FIRST LEGO League.
Who it is for: Students aged about 9–16, when an event is scheduled
It involves
- A task with a finish line
- Practice runs
- A spoken account
- A robot more than one student can run
Prepare for a challenge
Class time goes to the task, the run, and the explanation for a school STEM contest or a robotics rally.
What the public record supports
Holiday work has been timed so students could take robots they built to a rally, and class robots have been described as a start in school STEM contests.
A shared machine
More than one student can start, stop, and explain the robot.
Confirm the event pathway
Ask admissions about the current event, eligibility, entry arrangements and any affiliation before planning to participate.
What the public record says
Muru Technologies has said that robots built in class are meant to give students a start in STEM competitions back at school, and that a holiday bootcamp has been timed so students could attend a robotics rally with the machines they built. Preparation is tied to that kind of event.
Ask admissions which events the current group is preparing for and what participation involves. Event entry, eligibility and any affiliation should be confirmed for the specific opportunity.
What we practice, because events ask for it
A task with a finish line
The robot must do something a judge can see, in a set number of tries.
A spoken account
The team can say what the robot does, what failed in practice, and what they changed.
A shared build
More than one student can start, stop, and explain the robot. A team that depends on a single child to touch the controls is not ready.
Questions
Can you enter my child in a national team?+–
Only for an event we are actually preparing for. There is no standing national slot advertised on this site.