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Robofest!
10:44 AM on Apr 09, 2008

My students built and programmed these for the Robofest competition. We won our regional and are advancing to the Worlds. It's built from Lego NXT hardware with a few aftermarket sensors. All the coding is done with RobotC. The game simulates a disaster rescue. The Kleenex boxes are rubble and the silver balls are injured victims. Ball locations, table dimensions, and table alignment are variable, so the robots have to be fairly smart.




Posted by Garry Hedrick at 11:31 AM on Apr 09, 2008
Comment #1

Great stuff Mike. Best of luck.

Posted by Mike Waltz at 07:56 PM on Apr 26, 2008
Comment #2

Just got back from the Worlds. Somehow or another we managed to beat 22 teams from 4 countries and got the big trophy. The kids got $2k scholarships as prizes and I got a nice robot kit for my program.

Posted by Dan Ortega at 09:24 PM on Apr 26, 2008
Comment #3

Congratulations! : )

Great stuff!!!

Posted by Mike Waltz at 09:26 PM on Apr 26, 2008
Comment #4

Thanks.
It felt almost as good as winning my first F1H race. :)

Posted by Michael Kolar at 10:08 AM on Apr 27, 2008
Comment #5

That's awesome Mike, congrats to you and the team!


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