The Drop Bears are at the Southern Cross (unofficial Competition)
Our primary driver Oliver Warrick has been practicing circuits, driving the robot and shooting, in preparation for the competition on the 1st and 2nd of May. In conjunction to this,…
Final Build Season Week
This marks the end to a fantastic buildseason! Although it has been a different experience than seasons past, it has allowed the members of the team to grow and learn…
Awards Week
Today marks the end of the Awards Week, the final deadline to the first part of this build season.Working on the Awards Message to Judges listing the capabilities of our…
First day of real work?
Today we started by formulating the battle plan in the morning, where the respective groups further discussed with detail what action needed to be taken. We split into two teams…
The Saga of Index and Intake
These two subsystems have really been put through the wringer over the last couple of weeks. Out of all the groups, these have had the most diverse iterations between prototypes…
We’ve had a style upgrade
With our mentors recently completing a laser cutting induction, the aesthetics of our prototypes have defintely gone up a level. The CAD skills of the team have also significantly improved…
Australia Day BBQ!
Rain, hail or shine the Drop Bears are always working, and Australia Day was no exception. The team was in all weekend, cracking on with their respective subsystems and testing…
Progress on the Shooting Team
As a major part of this year’s game has to do with scoring Power Cell balls into the Power Port goals, our team decided to design a mechanism which could…
First Week as a Brand New Drop Bear
My first week as a dropbear was an interesting and valuable experience especially as it being my first robotics experience. Over this first week I took part in many learning…
New Decade…New Build Season
This week we officially kicked off our 2020 build season! We hit the ground running with a packed 8 hour a day schedule all week long. We have welcomed back…