Article contributed by the RoboRoos team. March the 11th to the 14th of 2015 may have been average days for most people but not for the RoboRoos, team 4537, alongside 33 teams from a variety of different locations around the world, including Taiwan, Singapore, China and Hawaii. While most people were working, or going to school, these teams were busy taking part in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. … [Read more...]
SA’s Own RoboRoos at Science Alive® – Fresh From the Competition “Duel Down Under”
Article contributed by the RoboRoos team. RoboRoos, a community based robot-building team of Adelaide students will be part of SCIENCE ALIVE® held at the Adelaide Showgrounds from the 9th to 11th August. They recently finished second in the competition “Duel Down Under” (DDU) in Sydney on the last weekend of June, completing a highly successful season of the 2013 FIRST® FRC® challenge Ultimate Ascent®. RoboRoos are the only South Australian team to have competed in the US based … [Read more...]
‘Robo Roos’ Recovered Black Jaguar Motor Controllers
Article contributed by Nick of the Robo Roos team. The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an annual competition held in many regional events throughout the world. The Robo Roos, a local Adelaide team are the first and only South Australian team to enter, and will be competing in the Hawaiian event this year. The Robo Roos have been tasked to build a robot which will compete in this year’s challenge, ‘Ultimate Ascent’. In doing this they will develop skills in planning, construction, … [Read more...]
‘Robo Roos’ Hopping Into Engineering with Don Alan
The Robo Roos, a local Adelaide robotics team made of students, have designed and built a robot that recently competed at the 2012 national FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) event, held in Sydney. The Robo Roos are the first and only South Australian team to be involved in FRC, and are able to experience the ‘real’ world of engineering. Thanks to FIRST, the Robo Roos are inspiring the next generation of engineers. Now, they are looking at competing in their next challenge, thanks to generous … [Read more...]
