Remote3

Percy is with one of our STFC (@STFC_Matters) mentors supervising a work experience student this week working on a Remote3 challenge!

This weekend Percy is visiting @emfcamp in Herefordshire. Some of our mentors are at the festival over the weekend and ran a workshop coding Lego Mindstorms!

We got our terrain all mapped out! One super awesome mentor (@willfurnell) for scale! #marsexploration #remote3 #LEGO

We are back! It took a global pandemic to stop us, but we are finally back in the classroom and building Mars Rovers! youtu.be/_7sHFV4hKWM #MarsRover #LEGO #STFC

Had a fantastic day taking part in the @IoPScotland’s Big Bounce with two coding workshops! Loved the iconic @TheBarrowlands! #STEMeducation #coding #robots

Very excited to see the full-grown Mars Rover landing imminently! youtu.be/kPrbJ63qUc4

As part of #NationalCodingWeek we have launched our official website! Check out our Online Coding Challenges where we will get you making games to play with your friends in no time! remote3.co.uk @BoulbyLab @STFC_Matters @LEGO_Education @EdinburghUni @PhysAstroEd

It's national coding week! We are about to make an exciting announcement so stay tuned for more! #NationalCodingWeek #STEM #Remote3

Our second week challenge is up! Learn about robots being used at the @BoulbyLab and get those fingers warmed up for some coding fun! #Space #STEM #coding #Robot #Mars youtu.be/VJEh3vpiD2k

Put your skills to the test with our weekly challenge! Tune in every week to learn more!

If you have ever been curious about coding but doesn't know where to start, join us for weekly talks from amazing scientists and learn the skills to code a miniature mars rover! First week's virtual event is online here: youtu.be/xO4HJpDFQKI

Our challenge this week is online, are you ready for it?

Meet Our Mentors: Will is a computer science graduate on the @STFC_Matters Graduate Scheme at the @RutherfordApLab. He now works in the Scientific Computing department @SciComp_STFC monitoring supercomputers and other infrastructure that is used to support scientific activities.

Meet Our Mentors: Michael is beginning a second career as a physicist @PhysAstroEd after a career in information technology. As a theorist, he uses supercomputers to make predictions that aid our understanding of physics coming from experiments such as LHCb. #awesomementor

Meet Our Mentors: Laura studied physics at @unibirmingham and is currently on the graduate scheme in the Scientific Computing department at @STFC_Matters. She is also a STEM ambassador and volunteered at this year’s FIRST Lego League England and Wales final. #awesomementors

Meet Our Mentors: Ben is a third year PhD student in the Particle Physics Theory group @PhysAstroEd @EdinburghUni. He works with the maths underpinning particle physics, quantum field theory, applying these techniques to black hole interactions instead.

Meet Our Mentors: Ed is a science technician @BoulbyLab, who is responsible for a range of experiments there, including searching for dark matter. With a history in software engineering, he also maintains and creates custom software for the lab, and is a keen programmer.

So we have officially started our Remote³ challenge! We have 10 schools each designing a miniature Mars Rover to explore the STFC @STFC_Matters Mars Yard @BoulbyLab! Stay tuned to meet our mentors! We have truly the best people working us to deliver awesome STEM outreach!

Damaged robots have no fear! With some coffee and a trusty repair kit we can fix it! Thank you @raisingrobots for supplying us @RemoteRobots with all our awesome LEGO MINDSTORMS and this awesome mug! #schoolsonmars #STEM #MissionToMars