[chbot] Challenge Night

[Simon Knopp]

Not entirely related, but by the time of the next meeting my class  
will have just finished the UC Robocup – Search & Rescue competition.  
It's the major design project for the 2nd pro mechatronics class:
The “Canterbury RoboCup: Search and Rescue” competition requires  
students, working in teams of
three, to design and build a telerobot capable of quickly locating and  
gathering objects within the field
of play.  No human intervention will be allowed once a telerobot  
begins operation.
I should hopefully be able to bring along some video of our robots  
working if you're interested. The robots consist of a Qwerk mounted on  
a modified RC truck, controlled over Wi-Fi by software running on a  
remote PC.

Simon.


On 14/09/2009, at 10:51 PM, Richard Jones wrote:

> A few folks have suggested that a Robotic challenge at each Chch  
> Robotics
> session would be a good thing.
>
> Hayley suggested solving aspects related to Robocup rescue could  
> build up
> to a complete rescue robot. So for our next challenge I suggest a  
> challenge
> to build a robot to push all the cans off a Science Alive table  
> without
> falling off. The robot to complete the task in the fastest time wins.
> Expect four or more empty, unweighted 330ml drink cans. A future  
> task would
> be to pick up the cans and drop them off the table.
>
> We can put the table near the ground to prevent damage to errant  
> robots.
> Using a table rather than a genuine rescue mat makes it easier to  
> test at
> home.
>
> The challenge will run from 6.30pm on 20th October at Science Alive.
>
> Comments anyone? (I know Guy and Alex want to do drag race one day).
>
> Richard
>
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