Track for the 2018 competition in Columbus

20th Annual
ASEE Model Design Competition
“Worker Bots”

Salt Lake City, UT
June 25, 2018

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 honey (orange and white ping pong balls) from the hive (track) to the corner pockets on the track.  The robots will have a maximum time of 120 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 2018 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.