{"id":61,"date":"2021-10-06T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/?p=61"},"modified":"2021-11-09T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T03:09:49","slug":"warman-game-set-and-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Warman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flinders University has finished first and second in the covid-adjusted South Australian version of the Warman Design and Build Competition held at Tonsley, Friday October 1<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The competition, which has been running since 1988, challenges students to work in teams to build a device to complete a specific automated challenge, then have the device perform under the pressure of competition and the gaze of judges. Traditionally, universities enter teams in a local event, with the best of the best earning their way to Sydney for the final.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Warman Design and Build Competition 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgAaWCjl0ls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Former competitor\u00a0CSE Research Associate\u00a0Robert (Robbie) Trott has been heavily involved in the competition for some time,\u00a0assisting\u00a0the Flinders\u00a0entries in past years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Warman Design and Build Competition is an annual event usually held in Sydney that gathers 2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and 3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0year Mechanical Engineering students to develop an engineering solution for the fictitious people of Gondwana whose planet is ravaged by natural and anthropometric disasters. Each year&#8217;s challenge is to build a prototype system to fix a different problem.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After being cancelled last year, the national competition faced the same fate in 2021.\u00a0Robbie\u00a0saw an opportunity to keep the experience alive for students \u2013 at\u00a0least\u00a0at a\u00a0local\u00a0level.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/warmancomp1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65'>\n\t\t\t\tFlinders University team competing in the Warman Design and Build Competition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/warmancomp2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp2-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-66'>\n\t\t\t\tFlinders University team competing in the Warman Design and Build Competition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/warmancomp3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp3-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-67'>\n\t\t\t\tFlinders University team competing in the Warman Design and Build Competition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/warmancomp4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp4-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-68'>\n\t\t\t\tFlinders University team competing in the Warman Design and Build Competition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/2021\/10\/06\/warman-game-set-and-match\/warmancomp5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp5-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp6-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warmancomp6.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-70'>\n\t\t\t\tFlinders University team competing in the Warman Design and Build Competition\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cKnowing the National Competition was going to be cancelled for a second year was devastating. The National Competition has a great energy and it is fantastic to see all the\u00a0different ways\u00a0teams solved\u00a0the same problem.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0also\u00a0is a great camaraderie between teams. The team that represents the University at the National Competition has to dig deep to show off their best and without the Competition there is a missed opportunity to develop important skills.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhen the National Competition was cancelled the organizers polled universities on their capacity to hold local events, my hand shot up and we were fortunate enough to be able to host the event.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With that, a local competition was able to go ahead,\u00a0with two teams\u00a0representing\u00a0each of Flinders University, The University of\u00a0Adelaide\u00a0and the University of South Australia. Students\u00a0experienced\u00a0the challenges,\u00a0camaraderie, pressure,\u00a0highs\u00a0and lows that come with\u00a0the Warman\u00a0territory.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-64 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe Event was awesome. We had enthusiastic students and we were able to hold an event as authentic as possible to the National Competition. Students were able to network with our judges that were\u00a0representing\u00a0different industries and even got in and helped each other out when things\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0working as planned. In the Heats when the teams were competing the excitement was real and most of the audience were holding their breath!\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At the end of the day, it was a Flinders quinella &#8211; a very satisfying result for Robbie and the teams in the Fearless yellow t-shirts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic1-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic1-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic1-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2021\/10\/warman-pic1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt is great seeing the Flinders\u2019 teams do so well, they worked so hard and put in so much extracurricular time into designing and building their devices and it is good to see that\u00a0hard work\u00a0pay off. We have some really promising future Engineers on our hands. I have been mentoring our teams since 2018 and each year we manage to improve on the excellent standards of the previous year and it is good to have the experience of the previous years successes and lessons on hand for next year. Fingers crossed.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hopefully, life is back to full Warman levels in 2022. Meanwhile, the OCME team were covering all the action of gameday, expect a video soon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Flinders University has finished first and second in the covid-adjusted South Australian version of the Warman Design and Build Competition held at Tonsley, Friday October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4267,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/stem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}