Today we were joined by BBC Spotlight, who came to visit us at Penpol to learn about our Food Waste project and how we’re fundraising to get to America. They interviewed us and filmed lots of clips of our Robot in action.
The program aired on TV and we received lots and lots of donations from people in Cornwall though our GoFundMe page straight afterwards – thank you everyone!
Today was very exciting – a trip to Langage Farm (just outside of Plymouth) to meet Ewen McClelland for a guided tour of their Food Waste Recycling facility. We learnt where the food waste comes from and saw it’s journey from being unloaded from the
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:
After a really smooth flight (and a lovely shoutout from the Cabin Crew over the tannoy when we landed) we have arrived safely in America. As a special treat when we landed, the pilot invited us into the cockpit to see how the plane worked