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2nd
Place
Broome Community College Binghamton,
NY
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1999 ASEE Model
Design Competition Charlotte, NC June 21, 1999 |
| Broome
Community College entered a cleverly designed vehicle referred to as a
"cam car." Rather than using optical sensors to follow the line
on the track, the car used a mechanical cam to automatically turn the
wheels at set intervals in order to navigate the track.
Unfortunately, cam cars are sometimes difficult to calibrate exactly
and the car would eventually works its way further and further off the
track as it tried to complete three laps. If the car had been
properly calibrated, it would have easily won the competition as it was
very fast! |
| Car Team Members: Mike Brown, Jason Giangreico, Steve Griswold, Phil Reap, Ashley Rice, Peter Van Slyke |
Faculty Advisors: Robert Lofthouse (Lofthouse_R@sunybroome.edu) Bill Beston (wbeston@stx.rr.com) |
 Some prototype models considered by Broome |
 Final Cam Car
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