Turning with the Gyro Sensor
If you have a SPIKE robot built with the Hub lying horizintally, you can use the Hub’s built-in Gyro Sensor to measure how far the robot has turned to the right or left. Turn right 90 degrees The following Word…
Rob Torok
Devil Robotics’ Achievements in 2025
As President of Devil Robotics, I am pleased to present our annual report highlighting the achievements and progress of our organisation over the past year. Devil Robotics is a volunteer-led organisation dedicated to inspiring students in grades 5 through 12…
Steady Progress and Teamwork: FTC South Australia Qualifier 2025
Devil Robotics’ FIRST Tech Challenge team travelled to Adelaide for the South Australia Qualifier 2025 knowing they still had a lot of work to do to get their robot ready for competition. Despite this, team spirits were high and they…
The Imps’ 2025 FLL Season: Champion’s Award and Rising All‑Stars
Devil Robotics’ FIRST LEGO League team, The Imps, had a strong season in 2025. At the Hobart Regional on 8 November at St Mary’s College, they earned the Champion’s Award. This is the highest award at an FLL event, and…
FIRST LEGO League Hobart Regional 2025
The FLL Hobart Regional 2025 was held at St Mary’s College on 8 November 2025. The theme for the year was Unearthed, which challenged teams to to identify andresearch a problem faced by archaeologists and propose asolution. Teams also designed,…
EV3 Daisy Chain Mode
Daisy chaining allows multiple EV3 bricks to be connected using USB cables, enabling the first brick in the chain to control the motors and read the sensors connected to the others. To set up the chain, connect the USB port…
FIRST Tech Challenge: Hard Fun
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics competition for students aged 12–18 to design, build, and program a robot to compete in an alliance format against other teams. But it’s way more than just building robots! FTC empowers students to…
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,…
Crossing the Gap
Build a robot that can drive up to a gap, deploy a bridge, and then use the bridge to cross the gap. Each team was limited to a maximum of two large yellow plates. Before starting this challenge, we reviewed…
Fairy Tale Fix
This week’s challenge required teams to solve a problem faced by a character in a fairy tale or fable. For example: