Frequently Asked Questions
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Your Questions About Saint Dominic’s Robotics
We’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions.
Saint Dominic’s Robotics is a student-led club focused on designing and building robots for competitions.
Any student in grades 9–12 at Saint Dominic’s International School can participate as members. Students from earlier grades can also join as supporters and engage in the club’s activities.
We aim to compete at RECF’s VEX family of robotics programs and FIRST® Robotics Competition. The endgame is to get to the olympics of robotics which is the FIRST® Global Challenge. There are multiple pathways to these more prestigious competitions including BotOlympics (Coimbra), RoboCup, World Robot Olympiad™ (WRO), International Robot Olympiad (IRO), ENRICH (European Robotics Hackathon) and Eurobot. Check out RoboEvents to see what’s upcoming.
Next stop: V5RC European Open 2026 soon TBA
We welcome students from all backgrounds, interests, and abilities — not just future engineers. Whether your passion is coding, building, media, design, outreach, or management and finance, there’s a place for you.
We actively encourage gender balance, cultural inclusion, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, reflecting both the inclusive values of the IB programme and the collaborative spirit of global robotics competitions where diverse teams consistently perform better.
By ensuring that every voice is heard and every contribution valued, SDR empowers students to learn from one another and succeed together.
At SDR you’ll develop both technical and transferable skills. You’ll learn how to design, build, and program robots, but also gain experience in management, finance, media, communication, and outreach. These skills are valuable not only for STEM careers but also for business, humanities, and leadership pathways at top universities.