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Challenge your students to build their own recycled robot!
ScrapBot Olympics is a hands-on engineering challenge for Year 7-9 pupils, fostering teamwork, problem-solving and creativity.
Using a robotics kit (provided by us) and any recycled materials they can source, your students will work as a team to design and build their own ScrapBot. They'll compete with their Bot at the ScrapBot Olympics, in events like sumo, hungry hippos, and an obstacle course. The winning team will be crowned ScrapBot champions, winning a trophy and certificates to take home.
Interested? Here's how it works:
Downloadable Resources
Download a copy of the ScrapBot Olympics ruleset for 2025, plus a full list of event fixtures and scoring criteria will be uploaded to this webpage in the coming weeks, and will be sent to you via email once your place on this program is confirmed.
ScrapBot Olympics - 2024 Rules
ScrapBot Olympics - Games and Scoring
Got questions? Contact scienceoutreach@uea.ac.uk
ScrapBot Olympics Hall of Fame
Looking for inspiration? Take a look through the images below to see previous ScrapBots in action.
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The ScrapBot Olympics 2024 trophy alongside our house robot, Bonk.
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A ScrapBot made out of cardboard boxes competes in the Assault Course.
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A ScrapBot made of a clear plastic mixing bowl navigates the assault course.
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Two ScrapBots clash in the sumo arena.
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Students from Framingham Earl High School fine-tune their ScrapBot.
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Four students from Diss High School lift the ScrapBot Olympics 2023 trophy.
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