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BrickCon 2012 robot competitions
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lugnet.org.us.smart
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Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:10:39 GMT
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At the last SMART meeting I mentioned that I would consider hosting a couple of
robot competitions at BrickCon (October 5-7th) if there was enough interest.
Note: I won’t do a competition if there’s less than four competitors for that
particular event. So if you plan on attending, and participating in the
competition, please let me know as soon as possible so I can post the complete
rules for the events we’ll actually be running.
The competitions will be run Friday evening, and after public hours on Saturday.
Very likely there will be (modest) prizes for the competitions.
The following are the three events I was considering. Full rules for each event
will be posted as I get acknowledgement from enough people that they are
planning on entering the competition. In the meantime, short descriptions:
Line Tracking:
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Build a robot that will follow a self-intersecting line similar to the one we
had as our March mini-challenge. The parameters, but not the shape of the line
are specified as follows:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Samples/Arenas/line-track-parameters.png
Robots will have a certain amount of time to see how far they can go.
Sumo:
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Build a robot that will push its opponent out of a 3-foot diameter sumo ring.
The ring has a 2” black border.
An example of how the arena is set up can be seen here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Samples/Arenas/samplesumostartingpositions.gif
Ball Gathering:
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Build a robot that will pick up DUPLO balls from an 8’x8’ arena, either keeping
them on the robot, or depositing them in their starting corner. In the robot
blue balls score 10 points each, red balls 2 points each, while yellow balls
only score points (5 points each) when dropped over the edge in the robot’s
starting corner.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/David/SMART/Samples/Arenas/ballgathering.png
If there is sufficient interest, I will run two classes of each competition.
First, a single “NXT-kit only” class. Second, an “any LEGO and custom sensor
allowed” class. The default class if I only get a few entries will be the “any
LEGO” class. Building restrictions including size and weight restrictions will
be in the official rules, once I get enough people interested in an event. But
you can start sooner by making your robot modest (not too big or heavy; no
gluing, modifying pieces, etc).
--
David Schilling
PS: There is no SMART meeting this weekend.
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