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April 21st, 2001 RoboRama.01a Results
Held at The Science Place, Fair Park, Dallas, TX
The Dallas Personal Robotics Group had their first contest of the 2001 season at The Science Place at Fair Park. Many entrants and plenty of spectators were there to cheer the robots on. Contests included Line Following, Quick Trip, T-Time, and Can Can.
View this RoboRama in the Photo Gallery, or get the video from Gold Leopard Productions.
| Line Following | |||
| Builder | Robot | Score | Rank |
| Robert Caldwell | Afraid of Light | 269 | 1 |
| Paul Florian | ELF 2 | 244 | 2 |
| Clay Timmons | 2-Tran | 241 | 3 |
| John Drummond | unnamed | 236 | 4 |
| Frank Elia | H.I.M. | 228 | 5 |
| David Anderson | SR04 | 176 | 6 |
| Bill Boyer | unnamed | 77 | 7 |
| David Peterson | B-B-Bot | 77 | 7 |
| Tony Maisel | unnamed | 58 | 9 |
| Quick Trip | |||
| Builder | Robot | Score | Rank |
| Robert Caldwell | Speedy | 261 | 1 |
| Travis Trotman | Speedster | 238 | 2 |
| David Martineau | Watch Out! | 212 | 3 |
| Bill Boyer | ? | 211 | 4 |
| Paul Florian | ELF 2 | 205 | 5 |
| David Peterson | B-B-Bot | 195 | 6 |
| Erick Kluthe | unnamed | 185 | 7 |
| Frank Elia | unnamed | 171 | 8 |
| Dan Ackley | unnamed | 152 | 9 |
| Roderick Fontana | Ratmeister | 112 | 10 |
| Curtis Slaten | Ajax | 100 | 11 |
| Tom Day | unnamed | 66 | 13 |
| John Drummond | unnamed | 65 | 13 |
| Kevin Carter | Midget | N/A | 14 |
| Kevin Carter | Lady Bug | N/A | 14 |
| Ed Okerson | 123.01 | N/A | 14 |
| Plano High Robotics | unnamed | N/A | 14 |
| T-Time | |||
| Builder | Robot | Score | Rank |
| Clay Timmons | Eye Reckon II | 308 | 1 |
| Erick Kluthe | I'm 2 L8 | 234 | 2 |
| John Caldwell | U Time | 138 | 3 |
| David Peterson | B-B-Bot | 103 | 4 |
| David Martineau | unnamed | N/A | 5 |
| Can-Can | |||
| Builder | Robot | Score | Rank |
| John Caldwell | Dropper | 294 | 1 |
| Robert Caldwell | Grabber | 246 | 2 |
| Draheim/Gralewicz | Ortho of Borg | 210 | 3 |
| Special Awards | |||
| Award | Builder | Robot | |
| Youngest Builder | Robert Caldwell, 7 | Grabber, Afraid of Light, ??? | |
| Best Dressed Robot | Frank Elia | Viperbot rev. 2.0 | |
| Best Engineered | Dennis Draheim & Tom Gralewicz | Ortho of Borg | |
| DaVinci Award (Most Innovative Design) | John Caldwell | Dropper | |
| Scarecrow Award (No Brain) | Clay Timmons | 2-Tran | |
| Paul Florian | ELF 2 | ||
| Frank Elia | H.I.M. | ||
| My Robot Fried! | Ed Okerson | 123.01 | |
| David Peterson | B-B-Bot | ||