Track for the 2017 competition in Columbus

19th Annual
ASEE Model Design Competition
“Columbots”

Columbus, OH
June 26, 2017

Sponsored by the ASEE Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

 

Teams from the 2016 competition

 

Objective:  To design and build an autonomous robot that can transport one blue barrel from Spain to each of 6 islands visited by Christopher Columbus and return one red barrel from each island to Spain.  The robots will have a maximum time of 90 seconds in each of their four allotted trials.  The robot must begin within an 8” X 12” X 10” high size limit but may expand to any size during a trial.  An Exhibit Session will precede the robot trials.

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See the 2017 Official Rules for full details (link to the right).

 

Prizes: 

·         The top three teams will receive nice plaques.

·         All participating team members will also receive copies of the student edition of SolidWorks.

 

SolidWorks Sponsorship:  If your team would like to obtain SolidWorks in advance for designing their robots, you can apply for a sponsorship (free software) at:   http://www.solidworks.com/sw/education/design-competitions-mcad-students.htm  - Select “Click here for team sponsorship.”  Even though this competition is not in the list, you can select Other Competition.

 

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Contact Paul Gordy at PGordy@tcc.edu or John Wadach at JWadach@monroecc.edu  for more information.