FUTURE engineers have scored a top spot in a Robot Fighting League.
Three first year Future Engineers from Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College (QE), Darlington, finished runners-up at the Junior Robot Fighting League held at the University of Leeds.
The students spent two days working with undergraduates from the University’s Electrical and Electronics Society as they designed and manufactured their robot, who they named Dave, before competing against schools and sixth form colleges from across the country.
'Dave' went on to defeat the majority of its opponents and was only just pipped to the post by ‘Mr. Varley’s Car’, the winning robot built by students from Titus Salt School in Shipley.
Cameron Pirie, who is studying A Level Computer Science, Maths and Physics at QE, and who operated the robot, said: "The whole experience at the University of Leeds was a great way to see what university life is like, and the topics you cover on an Engineering course.
"However, the best part was definitely finishing runners-up, the atmosphere was fantastic and the entire team really enjoyed ourselves."
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