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 …
VEX 2017 Nationals
Another year, another successful VEX Nationals. Last weekend, a few dozen volunteers, 70 high school teams and hundreds of students, staff and parents took over the Massey University Recreation Centre in Albany for the annual national competition. This is the event many teams have been working all year towards, attending the scrimmages supported by our dedicated AURA volunteers, spending time …
AURA’s Battlebots 2016 Application
As a competitive robotics club, AURA always gets asked “Do you building fighting robots??”. Usually the answer is no, however late last year we had the opportunity to design a Battlebot and apply to be on the rebooted ABC show. The robot we designed, Mango is a ring spinner. Mango would have weighed 115kg, and the outer ring would have …
Robogals / AURA joint workshop
Thanks Robogals Auckland for inviting us to an awesome robotics workshop at Auckland Girls’ Grammar School. Lots of our members turned out to assist the Robogals, so the kids could have a great time learning with Lego Mindstorms robot kits. Thank you to Robogals president Sweta and to our volunteers: Oliver, Jack, Jess, Barney, Ellen and Karan. Check out the …
Auckland Kiwi Challenge season “Missile Mania” concludes
This weekend volunteers from AURA ran the 2015 Auckland Kiwi Challenge regional competition at Unitec Albany. This was the final event of the Kiwi Challenge season, which included three other scrimmages (also run by AURA volunteers) over the last two months. All 34 teams did well. These videos show the elimination matches: