McCarthy students racing to the future of robotics

Craig Laffin

By Craig Laffin
Community contribution / November 23, 2015

"When I think about robotics issues, solutions seem to join together into a blur of creative inventiveness!" McCarthy Catholic College Year 10 student Jeremiah Gomes, says.

"One minute our planning group (of Year 10 students) is quietly tossing around ideas and the next there is a ...

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