Alastair Vaan

Want to make a difference and help inspire the next generation of STEM leaders? 🤖 Volunteer for VEX Robotics Competitions through the @REC_Foundation! Check out what roles are available and see how you can bring your skill set to your local competitions: buff.ly/OJIel7z

What a pleasure to end up sat on a table all day with @mberry @suesentance and more talking AI education. And thanks @Raspberry_Pi foundation for the invite! So much potential in this space.

Our breakthrough work on an analog optical computer points to new ways to solve complex real-world problems with much greater efficiency. Super to see this published today in @Nature. news.microsoft.com/source/feature…

Here we go again! @RadleyCollege @RadleyCoCurr #vexworlds #omgrobots #vexrobotics

Quite a lot of Skye feels like Mordor, only with better food…

ICYMI: Earth’s sea ice reached a new low in 2025. 🌊🧊 Arctic sea ice cover reached its lowest annual maximum on record and Antarctic sea ice cover was the second-lowest on record in March of 2025. go.nasa.gov/3Y7fZQX

A couple weeks ago, 150 VIQRC & V5RC teams competed at the UK National Championship in Telford, England! 🌟 These teams showed the high caliber of robotics excellence in the United Kingdom! @VEXRoboticsUK We look forward to greeting some of you at #VEXWorlds this May! ✈️🤖

Finally a peek of Mercury. Perfect gap in the hedge 😄

Icarus and Ringo safely through to the semis. And one will advance to the final. The third year running for a Radley team in the finals. Outstanding! @RadleyCollege @RadleyEnrich

In a lovely moment, Ibex post a 26 skills to place 5th with the skills queue getting shorter and shorter. A great testament to their skill and a super contrast to a difficult qualification session. Two teams in top 5 national skills. 👌

Drivers meeting time. UK Vex Nationals 2025 Three Radley teams, inspected and raring to go. A huge 12 match qualification session, over two days follows. Let’s go! 🧵naturally… @RadleyCollege @VEXRoboticsUK #omgrobots

Amazing fun getting back into Vex IQ - running a regional today for Pegasus School in Oxford. Always amazed at the youngest engineers, and so proud of our partnership ES teams competing among the middle schoolers. #omgrobots @RadleyLinks @VEXRoboticsUK

All teams to the semis. Icarus all the way. Teamwork and Skills Champ. Lots learned. A great day of robotics. #omgrobots @RadleyCoCurr @RadleyEnrich

Icarus top of skills and qualifies 2nd to form top alliance. Ibex and Icarus form 6th seed. Knockouts time!

Love a whopping screen backdrop. Great show by @StChrisSenior for today’s Vex V5RC Regional. Three @RadleyCollege teams competing today. Here we go! #omgrobots @VEXRoboticsUK