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2002 RoboRama.02a Results
Held September 21st at The Science Place, Fair Park, Dallas, TX
The DPRG extends its thanks to:
- DPRG members Frank Elia, Vicki Taylor, Robert Jordan, John Caldwell, John Drummond, Dennis Draheim, Tom Gralewicz, Mike Dodson, Ralph Tenny, Martin Meier, David Martineau, Steve & Susan Rainwater, Teresa Trotman, Vicki Taylor, Kip Moravec and Cynthia Rivers for their assistance in making this RoboRama a success.
- Summer Smith and Rita - for putting up with our incessant whining and supplying The Science Place to our group. We thank you.
- The many business that donated prizes. These are: Tanner Electronics, Mike's Hobby Shop, New Micros, Inc., Solutions Cubed, Rick Bickle, Parallax, and Earl Bollinger
- Thanks to David Anderson, Jeff Koenig, Steve Rainwater and Cindy Rivers for photos and video of the event
President, DPRG
View this RoboRama in the Photo Gallery, or get the video from Gold Leopard Productions.
| Quick Trip | |||||
| Place | Builder | Robot | Time | Score | Prize |
| 1st | John Caldwell | Speedy | 6.2 | 224 | IsoPod and development kit donated by New Micros, Inc. |
| 2nd | Curtis Slaten | Ballast | 255.0 | 217 | $20 gift certificate donated by Tanner Electronics |
| 3rd | Brian Merrit | Rover | 9.1 | 214 | $10 gift certificate donated by Mike's Hobby Shop |
| Earl Bollinger | McBot | 6.5 | 213 | ||
| David Anderson | Legobot | 63.0 | 207 | ||
| David Anderson | N-Bot | 45.0 | 204 | ||
| Frank Elia | Two Step | 62.0 | 203 | ||
| David Peterson | Scooter | 33.0 | 186 | ||
| Earl Bollinger | Growbot | 89.2 | 184 | ||
| Charles Walton | Atlas | 125 | |||
| Michael Chang & Randy Dumse | Mark III | 44 | |||
| Bob Jordon | Lil' Coder | 15 | |||
| Line Following | |||||
| 1st | David Anderson | SR04 | 0.53 | 246 | HiTec Atmel 2313 programmer. Prize donated by Earl Bollinger |
| 2nd | Earl Bollinger | Growbot | 1.47 | 209 | $20 gift certificate donated by Tanner Electronics |
| 3rd | Earl Bollinger | Crystal | 2.03 | 202 | $10 gift certificate donated by Mike's Hobby Shop |
| T-Time | |||||
| 1st | John Caldwell | Spur Gear | 270 | MotorMind C and 2 Easy Roller Wheels donated by Solutions Cubed | |
| 2nd | David Anderson | N-Bot | 248 | $40 gift certificate donated by Tanner Electronics | |
| 3rd | David Anderson | Legobot | 229 | Pair of metal Opto Encoder disks donated by Rick Bickle | |
| David Peterson & Randy Dumse | Scooter | 226 | |||
| Michael Zhang & Randy Dumse | Mark III | 212 | |||
| John Drummond | Blip | 196 | |||
| Earl Bollinger | Growbot | 80 | |||
| Curtis Slaten | Ballast | 44 | |||
| Earl Bollinger | Crystal | 22 | |||
| Can-Can | |||||
| 1st | David Anderson | SR04 | 673 | ||
| 2nd | Robert Caldwell | Dropper | 28.3 | 206 | Parallax Javelin Stamp Starter Kit donated by Parallax |
| 3rd | Earl Bollinger | Growbot | 180 | 178 | $50 gift certificate donated by Tanner Electronics |
| John Caldwell | Out & Back | 30 | Pair of metal Opto Encoder disks donated by Rick Bickle | ||
| Judges' Awards | |||||
| Award | Builder | Robot | |||
| My Robot Fried | Curtis Slaten | Ballast | |||
| Best Engineered | Curtis Slaten | Ballast | |||
| Da Vinci Award | David Anderson | N-Bot | |||
For more complete results, download the Judges' Scoring Spreadsheet, Excel 95 format