Imperial backed school team wins awards at global robotics competition

A team of budding engineers from a London school has won recognition at the VEX Robotics World Championships thanks to support from the Dean's Fund.

The team from The Henrietta Barnett School (HBS) in Hampstead came away with Judges’ Awards for the performance of their robots against over 1,400 student-led teams at the tenth annual event, held in Louisville, Kentucky.

The trip was made possible by support from the Dean’s Fund, as part of the Faculty’s commitment to support and educate the engineers of the future.

Competing against teams from over 30 countries around the world, the four HBS robots held their own and placed well in the overall standings. Two of the team’s robots were presented with Judges’ Awards to recognise their all-round performance and cap a successful trip for the team from North London.

In each respective divisions, the team’s final rankings were:

• HBS Blaze was placed 39^th in the Science division with 478 points
• HBS Synergy was placed 21^st in the Technology division with 491 points
• HBS Robosapiens was places 33^rd in the Engineering division with 484 points
• HBS Overdrive was placed 61^st in the Maths division with 445 points
• HBS Vexplosions was placed 20^th in the Maths division with 551 points

The competition is held as a celebration of STEM education, providing student teams the opportunity to share their year-long robotics projects and compete within a fun environment.

Find out more about the Dean's Fund and the work it enables the Faculty to support.