These are weekly presentation slides spanning over ~4 weeks of semester 1 in discord. We’re lowering the entry to robotics so everyone knows how to build one themselves. 4PM NZT @ discord Session 1 (Mar 15). Engineering design process. We talk about the design process and how that appli03es to robotics. Session 2 (Mar 22). Mechanisms. We talk about the …
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Combat Robotics 2021
Information about participating in Combat Robotics at AURA
Workshops 2021
Link to workshop guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uaXKu9LT8Dqzs64kD1fFPZAJG_yj9xkq?usp=sharing More to come soon 🙂
AURA Workshops 2020
An Introduction to Robotics for members that are new or unfamiliar with Robotics Concepts.
2018 Mini Robot Rumble
Following the success of last year’s launch of Mini Robot Rumble, this July saw the second main Mini Robot Rumble event, hosted in the Vodafone building at Smales Farm, Takapuna. An enormous amount of preparation works went into this event, with the arena getting many upgrades. In addition to an upgraded pit, saw and flipper arena hazards have been installed. …
2018 New Zealand VEX Robotics National Championship
Every year towards the end of February, the VEX Robotics season in New Zealand wraps up with the National Championship. For the 2017-2018 season “In The Zone”, teams from across New Zealand traveled to Auckland to compete in the event, hosted at Pinehurst School. Teams have spent the last 10 months refining machines able to collect small cones and build …
2017 Asia Pacific Robotics Championship
New Zealand was fortunate enough to host the 2017 Asia Pacific Robotics Championship. This is a huge event featuring the VEX Robotics Competition (both High School and Middle School), the VEX IQ Challenge (both Middle School and Elementary School), BDS Challenge, and Humanoid Challenge. Hundreds of teams from across the Asia Pacific region descended on Rotorua to participate. AURA provided …
Mini Robot Rumble 2017
The inaugural Mini Robot Rumble was held on Saturday 15th July. With the generous support of Vodafone and the University of Auckland, the day was a huge success, with heaps of spectators and plenty of competitors. We were very impressed with the quality of some of the robots on display. For photos of the event and the arena construction, check …
VEX U World Championships 2017
In April 2017, with the generous support of the University of Auckland and Motion Design, AURA sent six members to Louisville, Kentucky, to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship. The largest robotics competition in the world, this saw over 1,400 teams from more than 30 countries gather together, to crown a world champion. The 62 university teams were split …