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For Immediate Release!
[January 30th 2003]
Ivy Tech State College and the Evansville Chapter 73 of The Society of
Manufacturing Engineers announce the Student Robotics Challenge V titled
"The Seeker". This event is a departure from the last competition. "Seeker"
will take place on an elevated arena. Autonomous robots (not remote
controlled) will be required to navigate around a given path two times. The
team with the fastest combined time is the winner.
Registration is open to area middle, high school, and college teams. Entries
will be limited to 24 teams. One team per school will be admitted through
February 21, 2003. After that, multiple teams from the same school will be
admitted on a first-come-first-served basis until the 24 team limit is met.
Deadline for all registrations is March 7, 2003. Registration instructions
will be available soon at the Ivy Tech State College robotics competition
web site at:
http://faculty.ivytech.edu/~scombs/robotics/competition/
Teams will receive their LEGO Team Challenge kits, the exact scope of the
competition and programming instructions at Ivy Tech State College on March
13, 2003 between the hours of 2 and 4pm. The competition will be held in the
Ivy Tech State College commons on April 11, 2003 between Noon and 2:30pm
with registration beginning at 11:00am. This competition is sponsored by Ivy
Tech State College, The Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and Toyota Motor
Manufacturing of Indiana. Other contributors to this competition include;
the Ivy Tech State College National Association of Industrial Technology
(NAIT) Student Chapter, Whirlpool, Ferro Corporation, CED-Evansville Supply
Company, and Unigraphic Solutions.
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