DPRG’s first virtual competition held on December 12th, 2020 was remarkably fun. A true spirit of competition hung in the air during the different events. The Freestyle / Open Style video contest highlighted some remarkable robots. While the line following competitions showed many unique approaches in robot design and sensor arrays to accomplish the objective of following a line.

The Winners are:

• Freestyle / Open Style Robot Video Contest:
  1. Jesse Brockmann,  Title: Sparkfun AVC Rover, Video: AVC Rover
  2. David Anderson, Title: Odometery test, Video: RCAT Odometery
  3. Carl Ott, Title: HoverSim, Video: HoverSim
• Novice Level Line Following:
  1. Doug Paradis, 14.87 sec
  2. Jesse Brockmann, 15.4 sec
  3. Ron Grant, 19.1 sec
• Advanced Level Line Following:
  1. Ron Grant, 31.99 sec
  2. Doug Paradis, 43.36 sec
  3. Jesse Brockmann, 56 sec
• Challenge Level Line Following:
  1. Chris Netter, 52.1 sec
  2. Ron Grant, 108.09 sec
  3. Carl Ott, Time: 108.13 sec

Competition Master of Ceremony slide deck: 

Click to access 2020-Dec-12-DPRG-Monthy-Virtual-Robot-Contest.pdf

Article in Sparkfun News by Jesse Brockmann, Sparkfun ambassador and contest competitor.

https://www.sparkfun.com/news/3551 .