First we would like to thank the people that helped make all of this possible Dr. Bruder, Ben Hoover, Julie Johnson, John Sinnott, Dr. Wedeward, and everyone else involved. In April we went to the Trinity Robot contest and placed 19th. The Trinity contest consists of a maze with 4 rooms (see below). The main objective is as follows. To build a computer controlled Robot that can move through a model floor plan structure of a house, find a lit candle and then extinguish it in the shortest time subject to a few operating factors (see Scoring Procedure, section #21).This is meant to simulate the real-world operation of a Robot performing a fire security function in an actual home. The candle represents a fire which has started in the home and which the Robot must find and extinguish (taken from full contest rules). Click for full Contest Rules. We also had a contest on campus in which we placed 5th. We replicated the maze below which is the one used for contests and had five runs of which the best three were used in computing the scores. For score computing click link below for Trinity College.
We are constructing several robot kits to sell to high schools and other organizations (see link below for more information). These kits not only serve as a profit venture, but also to introduce younger generations to robotics. If you would like to join the robotics club, or have questions, please email the robotics club at robotics@ee.nmt.edu
We are planning on having our next meeting sometime in the first three weeks of fall semester. Everybody is invited to come join us.
Our goals for next semester are to build student
involvment, redesign a the current robot and design a new robot, and do
a fundraiser or two to help build a second robot and take more members
to contests. We welcome any suggestions and would like to see more students
involved next semester.
Click here for a link to the Trinity College robot page.
Trinity College is the competition that we attended in April.
Click here to find out more information about our kits.
This is the link to the webpage that explains in detail the construction of our kits, along with ordering information.
Click here for a link to the remnants of last semester's site. If you are surfing the net, and find some great ideas for a competition, please email them to the robotics club here.
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