FIRST LEGO League: More Than Robots
Devil Robotics has proudly hosted the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Hobart Regional each year since 2019, with teams from more than 30 schools and organisations across Tasmania participating over that time.
The Hobart Regional feeds into the National Championship South, where teams compete against others from across Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia.
FIRST LEGO League is a global competition for students aged 9–16, where teams of two to ten design, build, and program LEGO robots to complete themed missions, and develop innovative solutions to real-world problems.
Every year, FIRST LEGO League releases a new Challenge based on a real-world scientific topic.
There are four parts to the FIRST LEGO League Challenge.
Each part contributes equally to the team’s overall performance.
To be successful, teams need to balance their effort across all four parts.
Teams are required to:
- program an autonomous robot to score points on a themed playing field (Robot Game),
- develop a solution to a problem they have identified (Innovation Project),
- demonstrate FIRST Core Values.
The season timeline is typically:
- August – Challenge released
- November – Hobart Regional
- December – National Championship South
- April – World Championships
If you’re in southern Tasmania and interested in starting a team or volunteering, we’d love to hear from you.
