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Outdoor Robot Challenge Events
Summary: Developed by David P. Anderson to help robot builders test and improve the navigational abilities of their robots. For complete details on the purpose, environment, and rules of these outdoor robot events, take a look at the link below this summary.
- Out and Back - Drive from the origin to a point at least
100 feet away and back to the origin and stop. Distance is then
measured from the stopping place to the origin. Shortest distance wins.
- Borenstein Square - Drive from the origin around a square 100
feet on each side, clockwise or counter-clockwise as instructed by the
judge, and stop at the origin. Distance is then measured from the stopping
place to the origin. Shortest distance wins.
- Obstacles - Drive from the origin to a point at least 100
feet away and back to the origin, with obstacles in the way. Distance
from the stopping point to the origin is then measured. Shortest
distance wins.
- Long Haul - Drive from an origin point across the contest
grounds to a point 500 to 1000 feet away, (to be determined at contest
time) and back to the origin. Distance from stopping place to origin is
then measured. Shortest distance wins.
Complete Outdoor Robot Challenge Rules and Description
Indoor Robot Challenge Events
Summary: Developed Eric Sumner as an alternative to previous DPRG indoor contests that relied on a physical course. Eric's goal is to try an event that relies on nothing more than a flat, open space and a few traffic cones.
- Quick Trip - Robots race in head-to-head
eliminations. Fastest robot wins.
Start Finish 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 O O O 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4The course will consist of 3 traffic cones in a line placed 8 feet apart. Robots will compete head-to-head in a single-elimination competition. Each robot must start completely behind the first cone, travel completely beyond the third cone, and then come to a stop behind the first cone again. The first robot to do this wins the match. In each pairing, the first robot to win two matches advances to the next round.
- Slalom - Robots must traverse path around three orange
cones. Fastest robot wins.
Start 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - \ / \ / \ \ / \ / \ O X O X O ) / \ / \ / / \ / \ / 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finish
The course will consist of 3 traffic cones in a line placed 8 feet apart. Robots will compete individually; the fastest single run time will be the winner. Each robot must start completely behind the first cone, travel completely beyond the third cone, and then come to a stop behind the first cone again. Additionally, the robot must cross the line of cones between each pair of cones it passes.
Prizes and Sponsors
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A-WIT Technologies, Inc donated a full robot Kit based on their C Stamp microcontroller.
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Gordon McComb's Budget Robotics donated a robot kit
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Circuit Cellar magazine donated 6 CD-ROM back-issue archive sets. Each set includes 12 CDs containing all back issues of Circuit Cellar.
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Hitec RCD donated 2 HSR-5980R robot servos and 6 HSR-1425CR continuous rotation servos.
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Make Magazine donated a one year subscription to Make Magazine, a "Make: The First Year" boxed set, a "Make: Year Three" boxed set, one of copy of "Best of Make", and a some cool Make t-shirts
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Parallax donated a Toddler robot kit.
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Small Parts donated a PanaVise set, Starrett 6" digital caliper, wire harness tool kit, and HSS 20 piece drill bit set.
Tin Can Tools
3301 Clubview Drive
Denton, TX 76226Local microcontroller manufacturer, Tin Can Tools, donated a complete Hammer ARM9 kit including Hammer board, Hammer carrier, and Flyswatter board along with cables, power supply
- David P. Anderson will provide special award medals to winners of the outdoor events.
Results
See the RoboRama 2008a photo gallery
indoor Contest Report
There were six entrants for Quick Trip:
- First Place was won by Erik Petrich,
- Second Place was won by Scott Sumner, and
- Third Place was won by Alexander Toops;
- Doug Emes, Dale Wheat, and Shawn Breuklander each earned an
Honorable Mention.
Slalom was entered by three robots:
- Dale Wheat and Ron Grant tied for first place, and
- Shawn Breuklander took third.
Thanks go to
- John Drummond, who provided the PA system even though I forgot to ask
- The Museum of Nature and Science for letting us use their facility
- David Anderson for doing an excellent job of organizing the outdoor
portion of the events
- Northway Christian Church for letting us use their parking lot on
short notice for the outdoor events
- All of the robot builders that came, whether or not they actually
brought a robot
- Our various prize sponsors that helped everyone go home a winner:
Small Parts, Inc
Circuit Cellar
Make Magazine
Tin Can Tools
Hi-Tech RCD
A-WIT Technologies
Budget Robotics
Parallax, Inc
David Anderson
-- Eric Sumner
Outdoor Contest Report
Great DPRG robot event this weekend! Congratulations to all involved,
especially Ron and Ed for providing the_much_needed shade and water and
our videographers Ed and Scott and everyone with a camera. We'll get
pictures up as soon as we can. And special congratulations to everyone
that built and entered a robot and especially those recipients of the
coveted DPRG "WINNER" Gold Medals.
Eleven robots competed in three of the four outdoor challenges. Eric will
report on the indoor events. Here are the outdoor winners:
Challenge #1 1st Eric Petrich w/ Teeter-Totter
2nd Ron Grant w/ Whip
3rd Robert Scheer w/ Tarzan
Challenge #2 1st John Abshier w/ Blank
2nd Eric Petrich w/ Teeter-Totter
3rd Robert Scheer w/Tarzan
Challenge #3 1st Robert Scheer w/ Tarzan
Congratulations to all our winners!
Here is the full set of scores:
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Robot Builder Challenge
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AJ Alexander and Jordi Toops #1: 25+ feet 6:19
Blank John Abshier #1: 28 feet 2:09
#2: 7 feet 4:30 1st
Red Car Scott Sumner #1: 29 feet 0:45
Tarzan Robert Scheer #1: 18 feet 1:05 2nd
#2: 30 feet 1:45 3rd
#3: 20 feet 1:47 1st
Teeter-Totter Eric Petrich #1: 6 feet 2:57 1st
#2: 18 feet 5:37 2nd
Daphne Dale Wheat #1: 120 feet 4:00
Argonaut Dean Hall #1: 19 feet 1:15 3rd
Boe-Bot Doug Emes #1: 25+ feet 4:00
Tripod Shawn Breuklander #1: 25+ feet no time
Randy Dumse
Whip Ron Grant #1: 7.5 feet 3:27 2nd
Tribot Steve Garmon #1: 25+ feet no time
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jBot was on hand to give a couple of demos of navigation and obstacle
avoidance and I together with some kids got to chase it around the
parking lot for the general entertainment of the folks in attendance.
You can tell by the scores above that we are well on our way to a fleet
of outdoor hobby robots! An impressive showing by all concerned.
best regards.
dpa