On 26 June, ten daring students embarked on an exhilarating journey where they were physically, intellectually and emotionally put to the test. The mBot Challenge is a rigorous STEM mBot tournament consisting of challenging activities within three categories: dance, maze and sumo. 

The dancing activity required students to choose an appropriate 1-2min excerpt of a song for the mBot to dance to. They were judged on their ability to keep to mBot in time and the aesthetics of their dance floor and mBot’s costume. This was then judged again using a random song to which students  were given approximately an hour to code to. 

The maze challenged requested students code an mBot to exit a maze at different starting points within the maze and the sumo was coding an mBot to push the opposing teams mbot outside a ring whilst remaining in their own ring. Posed by a series of aggressive high schools, with hard work and an enthusiasm to deliver, all of the teams from Mount Carmel Catholic College were able to place in two out of three mBot driven events.  

Mount Carmel entered the maximum number of teams eligible for entry which consisted of three teams with three to four students.

• The Martians → Charmaine Marquinez, Giselle Byrne and Charlotte Vakayil

• Marechi → Alisa Thephavong, Tahlia Bell and Maria Tuyor

• Ichobi → Eseta Malaesilia,  Anora Sitthirajvongsa and Maria-Louise Baccay

These teams worked tirelessly on their projects and were able to place in all events they participated in. Congratulations to all students involved!