In 2004, the first www.robotchallenge.org happend at our school (HTL Spengergasse). The robot we built to compete should be able to go around obstacles and find the beacon at the end of the competition track. Considering the preciseness of the robots decisions, the name “Sir Random” seemed perfect.
As the latest Robot Challenge just happened in Vienna, I checked if I still have some photos of Sir Random around and found some. You might get a kick out of them.
A few technical specs if you wonder what all that stuff is you see there:
- 2 Ultrasound Sensors to “see obstacles”, or not 🙂
- 2 Infrared Sensors to find the beacon
- 2 motors / gears to move
- 4 self built microcontrollers to make decisions
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