Yes, I’ll give out a kit for
Yes, I’ll give out a kit for any successful maze entries. But only the first one that brings the beer will be the grand winner.
Can i use a coke instead of
Can i use a coke instead of beer? I’m under 18 ;D
Or can i use anything?
Or can i use anything?
Use a Coke, Pepsi or what
Use a Coke, Pepsi or what ever soft drink you indulge. It has to be a drink. And I want to see you drink it after the robot brings it to you!
Cheers!
Lol!
I was gnna ask the same question but was to shy to do it…lol!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_eWtn139Cw
Bottle filled with water and robot follows the light.
No succesful, i think ;( But
No succesful, i think ;( But entry still
I accept!
I, Aaronsuper1, hereby take on your “Search and Rescue Challenge” and will not stop untill I have submitted my entry.
Will I still receive a prize if I my bot navigates a maze to the drink or will I receive a prize if my bot gets the drink from the fridge?
Thanks for such a great challenge!
If two first will win
If two first will win something i may win because i’m in halfway
Dude, as much as I would
Dude, as much as I would like to support you, you HAVE to build an autonomous robot to qualify for this challenge. That means a robot with a microcontroller or a computer on board, programmed to follow a maze, find the bear or what ever object, grab it, bring it to the start point. No human help, control, etc. and no wired or wireless computer control. If your robot can’t do that, you can’t win anything. If there were several successful entries, the fastest robot would have won.
I mean my new robot is in
I mean my new robot is in halfway
Solution?
Is line following allowed? My robot plans are almost done… next i’ll have to make a more better grabbing system, start buying parts from Ebay (SA’s will be approaching again), and start cutting out the chassis from a hard plastic sheet. Is the robot allowed to drag the can across the floor? Hope to get the answers soon!
-Aaron
Patrick already asked about
Patrick already asked about line following. As the competition was described initially, you should use wall hugging not line following. It’s even simpler and you already have the Sharp sensor required for that. No need to buy more parts unless you want to do extra stuff not related to this challenge. Do a Googe search for wall following tutorial and you should be fine. The robot can drag the Teddy bear to the exit, but it has to lift up the drink, as this is a more sophisticated challenge. I suggest you do the first challenge and only after a successful run you start to think about improvements and go further. And get the Arduino Robotics book, you need it (I’m not afiliated with them, I just consider it to be a verry good introductory book in robotics).
Challenge closure.
You say above that the beer challenge has no deadline but is it really open? And can we use magnets to lift the beer can? Also, is there going to be any awards? Please clarify.
Yes, it is still open. You
Yes, it is still open. You can use what ever you like to lift the beer can. You can use even a vacuum tube. All it matters is the robot to bring you the beer autonomously, like you would send one of your kids to fetch it for you from the fridge. If you don’t drink beer, you can choose your favourite drink, or a bottle of water. But fetching the beer is the dream of any serious roboticist. And the reward will reflect the level of thought and work you put on solving this challenge. Oh, and you must make a robot page on LMR explaining how you built the robot (I thought it was implied, but just to make sure…).
Ohk, Ro-bot-x, thanks. It’s
Ohk, Ro-bot-x, thanks. It’s logical to post your robot on lmr and I would have done so even if I wouldn’t have been competing. Also, since I’m 18 and have no kids to fetch me a can of beer, I’m going to use a can of Coke instead and I see that you have no problem with it. Also there was a reason why I talked about the magnets but as I see that we are still competing, I better not mention it. As both me and my friend are going through a series of tests for selection in engineering universities, I will not be able to give this project any attention before mid of May and hopefully, if everything goes right, we’ll complete this by end of May. Thanks once again
Magnets
Drink cans are made of aluminium. or at least they are where I live,
And magnets dont stick to aluminium!
using specific type of walls
i am using an ir tx-rx pair for wall detection.so my question is would it be a problem if i use the walls of a specific color like black or white?
No problem at all. Use what
No problem at all. Use what ever you need. But keep in mind that at the end of the day, our goal is to have a robot do that in a regular home.
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