NB: Open to Nasa Ames: ISU/SU students/faculty only.
Design and build (for under 10^4 - $10,000) an unmanned 'lunch getter robot' than can successfully navigate the yellow line/obstacle course that joins the Arthur C Clarke hall to the Peter Diamandis Hall, collect a lunch, and return it safely and quickly to the Arthur C Clarke Hall for consumption and upload a video/photo report to the web or Youtube. The robot should be unmanned, and operate under its own power and control without human control/intervention.
The lunch path consists of a yellow painted line between the buildings, that crosses roads, kurbs, and is broken up by local stops (consisting of special sights, cylinders, resistors, sign boards and special sculptures (e.g. chips)). The line is nearly continuous - other than the occasional flower bed, or kurb jump, or occasional car/obstruction parked on the line. The line also crosses roads, so care will need to be taken crossing any road.
Winner will be the team that builds the most effective robot, that can make the return path in the fastest time. Bonuses will be awarded for sight-seeing, taking photos/videos of the appropriate signage, finding special cylinders by number, and for minimal number of human interventions (target is zero).
Deadline - to be completed and demonstrated by for completed by 22nd August.
Robot must start at Arthur C Clarke hall - by line (or bonus for nearer Hall), and return. Return path to be timed.
Robot must carry a lunch tray/box back from the Peter Diamandis Hall
Must be safe - cross roads with appropriate warning, advice, safety
No Human remote control allowed - robot to be self powered and autonomous
Bonuses for taking photos, video and finding specific objects/codes on route.
Device must be capable of being built for under $10k. Some sub-purchased of key components allowed, but no purchase allowed of sub-system designed to be a robot itself.
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August 24, 2009
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