The Acadia Robotics Program, through the Jodrey School of Computer Science, provides two competition based programs. We have a junior program, FIRST® LEGO® League, and a senior program, Robofest. Outreach provided throughout the season culminates in a Provincial Robot Programming Championship here at Acadia University each February, involving over 400 participants, 150 volunteers, media and many organizations.

Our Mission:

Our mission is to provide opportunities for students to expand their computer science knowledge by competing in annual robot programming competitions and related activities that feature real-world problem solving and teamwork.

We depend heavily on financial support from external organizations and the committed volunteers who annually contribute to the season from late August through to mid-June.

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2019 Acadia Robotics Competition Award Winners

2019 online robot run scores

The 2018/19 Season was the 14th Anniversary of Acadia Robotics Robot Programming Competitions!

New this year: Due to team growth across the Maritimes, the Acadia Robot Programming Competitions is moving to a 2-day event! FIRST LEGO League is scheduled for Saturday, February 15th, 2020. Robofest will take place on Sunday, February 16th, 2020.

See About Us for the history of our program!

Robotics News

Oct 30/19 10:00 am

FIRST LEGO League City Shaper programming event

Thanks to the teams who were able to join us on campus for a City Shaper programming event, we even worked in a halloween costume option! Time well spent by teams to work through new missions, and learning about programming the robot. We look forward to seeing these teams compete at their regional events next month. A big thanks to FIRST Canada and CANCODE for the support for this event!

Congrats to the team from West Hants Middle School that conquered the bridge mission today!

Sep 20/19 9:30 am

September PromoScience Launch of CITY SHAPER challenge

FIRST LEGO League teams came to Acadia University to launch the CITY SHAPER challenge! Two days of team engagement and literacy support for research projects and a chance for teams to see the new CITY SHAPER challenge set.

May 15/19 10:00 am

BottleSumo Jr & Sr Fun Event

Students from across Nova Scotia came to Acadia University to learn how to build and program robots to compete in a BottleSumo competition. For the first time we hosted a junior Bottlesumo event, and allowed the senior teams to compete in the double table BottleSumo challenge. A fun and challenging couple of days and we were so impressed with the student engagement and creativity. We look forward to hosting more events like this is the future!

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