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The robot had to navigate a table with obstacles and carry out
tasks (such as retrieving objects) to achieve as many points
as possible in 2.5 minutes. At the Swindon heat, we were aiming
for up to 295 points out of a maximum of 400. We averaged
about 150 points and our winning score in the final was 182 points.
At the UK final, we had changed the robot a little and ran out
of time to get the programs working properly with it. By
the OEC, we had improved the accuracy of our robot and tested
the programs properly. We averaged 226 points
out
of the 300 we were attempting.
SHELL chose to do a research project about sound pollution in
the oceans. Having researched sound pollution on the Internet
and by visiting the WDCS,
we put together a five-minute soundtrack of sea sounds. We used
this soundtrack as a background to our five-minute presentation
of the problems that noise pollution (for example, sonar and
drilling) causes
for cetaceans (whales and dolphins).
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