This morning we broke some very exciting news to the Penpol Pumpkins – and filmed their reaction! They thought they were reading lines off the screen to make a video for the Council, but that wasn’t quite the whole story.
Here they are discovering the very exciting news!
If you’d like to follow the Pumpkins today the event will be live streamed through Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/wpirobotics Here are some key timings of when the Pumpkins will be in action on Saturday 10th June: Opening Ceremony: 🇺🇸 10am / 🇬🇧 3pm Robot Games Round 1:
A couple of weeks ago the Pumpkins visited Langage Farm biodigester to learn what happens to food waste once it’s collected. They filmed this short video explaining how important it is not to let food waste go to landfill. Please excuse the sound quality, it
We’ve just completed our final practice runs for the Robot Games, earning a max score of 315 on our best run. We’re really hoping to recreate this at the event in Massachusetts 🤞🏻 We also gave the robot a quick inspection before packing it away