Assembly was one of the three robots we built for the Robot World Cup. It follows high school rules for Gateway 2011 and is fully legal. [photoxhibit=14] Main Features: Drive Train: 6-motor drive (1×393 2×269 on each side), 4:3 gear ratio Lift: AURA 6-bar (1×393 each side), 1:5 gear ratio Intake: Top Suckers (1×269 each side) 10 motors were used. …
Photos from the Robot World Cup
Photos are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/aucklandrobotics/tags/2011rwc/ Videos available at http://www.youtube.com/aucklandrobotics
Introduction to Java
Java was one of the three robots we built for the Robot World Cup. It follows high school rules for Gateway 2011 and is fully legal. [photoxhibit=12] Main Features: Drive Train: 6-motor drive (2×393 1×269 on each side), 5:3 gear ratio Lift: Slanted 4-bar (1×269 each side), 1:7 gear ratio but turns through a smaller angle than a normal 1:7 …
Robot World Cup – Final Day!
Awesome effort from everyone today – playing through the rest of the pool matches, and then playing through them again, left us still second seeded overall. We played our way through to the semi-finals, where we were knocked out by 2921A and 2915A (Free Range and Lynfield Robotics). After playing in the Bronze Final, we finished third overall, taking home …
Robot World Cup – Day Two
After a strong start yesterday we finished off division play with the last 4 of our matches today. We had a tough first match against the top ranking 720p and 2921B, which we unfortunately lost. However, we won our other 3 games, leaving us second seeded overall in the competition when moving into pool play. We won our first two …
Robot World Cup – Day One
With an 8am start this morning, we settled into our pit and starting ramping up our campaign at the inaugural Robot World Cup. With 20 alliances comprised of 40 robots, we took up a large portion of the Cloud. Teams from New Zealand and Mexico, from high schools and colleges/universities competed together. A number of AURA team members volunteered today, …
October Pinehurst Scrimmage
Saturday 1 October saw the last scrimmage for Upper North Island teams before the much-anticipated Robot World Cup (RWC) next week. As teams work to fine-tune their robots leading to the RWC, the Auckland Scrimmage hosted by Pinehurst School gave teams their last opportunity to not only get some matches in, but also to qualify for the RWC. Qualification for …
September Rosmini Gateway Scrimmage
On Saturday 3 September, 26 teams from 15 schools arrived at Rosmini College to participate in an Upper North Island Scrimmage. Teams travelled from as far away as Katikati to be in Auckland, practising in the lead up to the Robotics World Cup, being held in Auckland from October 11 – 13. A large number of volunteers turned up to …
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 …