Mechatronics:Battling Robots
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Project Overview:
Battling robots of various forms have been seen on TV through BattleBots and RobotWars. Within Australia similar competition exists called RoboWars which pits advanced robots with destructive skills against each other. Our hope is to gage interest by students in such a project and event. Two mechatronics teams will set out to create one or more robots which can battle other similar robots. The facilities to build and test such robots will also need to be developed over time. These robots are not designed to be automomous, but controlled via radio control. Students must give significiant though to safety. The BattleBox, where the robots compete, must be designed to protect the drivers, officials, and audience from any possible dangers such as flying shrapnel. The inclusion of area hazards for the robots to navigate around is encouraged. Excessively dangerous features on the robots will not be permitted. However should students demonstrate an extremely high degrees of protection safe-guards which have been implements, the inclusion of such dangerous features will be reviewed by supervisors. Students are encouraged to review the state of the art in such robots and extract the best features when designign their robots. Project Supervisors: Adam Wittek and Adrian Keating
Team Members:
2009 Team
Peter Ward
Matthew Webster
Mathew Cameron Rundle
Owen Merriman
Petar Vranesevic
2008 Team
in 2008 the teams comprised of:
Team 7: "Terrorbyte"
Michael Crocker
David Smith
Serena Filguera
Xavier Orr
Team 10:
Alex Doncon
Colin Dickie
Tim Yates
Pasan Tennakoon
Jason Moore
