AURA Quiz @ Glenfield College

At the Glenfield Gateway Scrimmage, AURA presented a small prize (1x 275-1024) for answering a quiz question, which read as follows: “A 30″ goal has the following objects in it at the end of the match, from the top: – White doubler barrel – Red ball – Black negator barrel – White doubler barrel – Blue ball – Blue barrel …

First Gateway Scrimmage 2011

Saturday saw 25 teams descend on Glenfield College to participate in the first Gateway Scrimmage to be held in New Zealand. This was the first opportunity for many teams to play on the field, and for some teams the first time they had even encountered the balls and barrels in real life. It was also the first time that AURA …

Six-Bar Linkages

The four bar linkage is perhaps the most common lifting mechanism used in the VRC; the ability to lift your intake in a very simple way without rotating it is an extremely appealing idea. For instance, in the finals of the 2010 World Champs (Clean Sweep), all three robots in the winning alliance used a four bar linkage, and for 2011 (Round …