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...]
