YOUR STORY: Eighteen Year 6 Glennie engineers participated in five teams contesting in the Junior Dance category at the recent Robocup Junior Darling Downs Regional Competition.

In this competition, participants program their robots to dance to music.

Competitors are encouraged to decorate their entries and to motorise robot limb movements, to give their robots real personality.

The girls in the IdeasPlus@Glennie High Performance Program took several weeks to think creatively to design, construct and program their robots to dance to music for a 1 to 2 minute duration.

Glennie teams placed first and third with all five teams delivering outstanding performances. Impressive results, considering this is the first time the Glennie Junior Years girls have participated in Robocup.

First place winning team, The Glennie Robos programed their robot to dance to Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves. Third placegetters, The Glennie Four's Force chose the song, The Imperial March (Star Wars) from composer John Williams.

At the conclusion of the event, girls commented:

"We had a lot of fun performing to the judges and we learnt a lot about our robot and ourselves. We couldn't always rely on the technology or the conditions, so we had to solve problems on the run."

"It was an incredible experience and very educational."

"We had been programing for months and it was fantastic meeting new people and showing what we could do."