The Gadget Master blog provides full details for those wishing to take the Robot Challenge - for the Basic level - at Embedded Live.See Meet the Robotics Challenge (Basic) at Embedded Live >>
It is a live event on Wednesday 20th October, for any attendee to come and have a go with their own robotics kits. Do note, though, that places are limited on a first-come, first-served basis, but with priority given to attendees taking the Tuesday classes. The only condition of entry is that you or your team have your own robot...
Prizes will be awarded for outstanding achievements and the best in class robots.
While keeping things in the spirit of Arduino development, where low cost, fun
and ingenuity count highly, the specific challenges for "basic" robots are:
Sprint to the edge, where the robots will sprint to the edge of a "drop" and stop with the leading wheels on the very edge
Sprint to the edge, where the robots will sprint to the edge of a "drop" and stop with the leading wheels on the very edge
- robots must not use any kind of "dead reckoning" strategies
- only the original LeTry motors can be used (no super-charging)
- the robot with the fastest "average speed" will be the winner
- a robot will follow a path - a winding path - with intersections - printed on a large sheet of paper, all software used must be programmed into the Arduino, no communication with any other computer is allowed when the robot is following the path and then recreating it
- the robot must then recreate the path followed - by drawing it on a blank sheet of paper - using some kind of attached pen or marker
- the winner will be the robot that can best recreate the original path followed
- you are to create a dancing "LeTry" robot
- your robot can be equipped with LEDs, servos with various attachments to create an "exotic" effect.
- you will need to program your robot so as to "choreograph" its activities so as to be "in synch" with the music you have chosen
- a dance sequence is to last for 5 minutes exactly
- the winning robot will be judged on its "turnout" and its dancing and entertainment abilities
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