So after three workshops, all of our new members are pretty much up to scratch with the capabilities and workings of the Vex Robotics Design System. A lot of fun was had, and the workshops culminated with the challenges that each robot had to try and complete. While the robots didn’t necessarily drive in a straight line for the drag …
Fush and Chups
So in case you didn’t get to see our robots at World Champs, here are some close-up pictures of one of the two twins, Chups (Fush got broken in our last match, so we dismantled it when we got back to use the parts again). Some of the special, slightly more unique features: – A “six-bar linkage” which is based …
AURA Workshops
We had a pretty good session today, with 27 new members keen to try their hands at working with Vex parts to construct robots. We started with a short presentation about design, and moved onto the main topic of the workshop: drivetrains. We also covered the basic concepts of power and torque, and then let the four teams start designing …
Clips from World Championships
Check out our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/aucklandrobotics! We have video footage of a bunch of matches at the world champs – mostly from college qualification, but a couple of high school semi-finals and college elimination as well! If you found the content useful, leave us a comment on the video! Also some photos! [photoxhibit=9]