Location:
Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
Overland, MO 63114
Time: Saturday, November 15th, from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

Informal competitions will be held to demonstrate mini-sumo and line following, which are two of the more common amateur robotics activities.

Presentations planned for the Robotics Expo are:
-Getting started in robotics
-Programming environments…LEGO, C (Arduino), and Flowcode

Following the robotics activities we will be heading to a local Chinese restaurant buffet and then visiting local surplus electronic stores.

Attendance prizes will be drawn throughout the day.

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Playing field: 4-foot by 8-foot white board. The line is marked with ¾ inch electrical tape. There is no break in the line. A circle drawn in pencil marks the placement of the can.

Playing pieces: one empty soda can

This is a continuation of the July competition. Several people were very close to being ready to compete.

Name: 4 Elements
Prize: Robotics related item worth at least $50

• The maze walls will be painted white with the floor some other dark color.
• The maze outside size is 4′ X 4′ with a 11.5″ X 11.5″ path width.
• Random theme related objects should be expected, and will be smaller than 2″ tall, which each bot will be expected to traverse.
• The race official will count down 3, 2, 1, go!!!
• Your bot will then be switched on, and it will begin to progress through the maze.
• The race official will start the stopwatch when he says “go”.
• Your lap time will stop, when your bot reaches the finish line which will be painted on the maze walls and floor.
• The max bot size will be our clubs “Maze” standard 11″ X 11″ with an unlimited height. Any robot weight is allowed.
• Each bot will be allowed 3 runs through the maze.
• The running order will be determined randomly.
• All entries will run 1 lap through the maze before ANY entry will be allowed to run its second lap.
• All entries will get a maximum of 2 minutes if they are not ready when called. If they are not ready after 2 minutes of time. They will receive a DNF for that run.
• The event winner (fastest lap time) will win a robotics related prize donated by http://www.winfieldrobotics.com which will have a value of $50.00 or more.

• The maze walls will be painted white with the floor some other dark color.
• The maze outside size is 4′ X 4′ with a 11.5″ X 11.5″ path width.
• Random theme related objects should be expected, and will be smaller than 2″ tall, which each bot will be expected to traverse.
• The race official will count down 3, 2, 1, go!!!
• Your bot will then be switched on, and it will begin to progress through the maze.
• The race official will start the stopwatch when he says “go”.
• Your lap time will stop, when your bot reaches the finish line which will be painted on the maze walls and floor.
• The max bot size will be our clubs “Maze” standard 11″ X 11″ with an unlimited height. Any robot weight is allowed.
• Each bot will be allowed 3 runs through the maze.
• The running order will be determined randomly.
• All entries will run 1 lap through the maze before ANY entry will be allowed to run its second lap.
• All entries will get a maximum of 2 minutes if they are not ready when called. If they are not ready after 2 minutes of time. They will receive a DNF for that run.
• The event winner (fastest lap time) will win a robotics related prize donated by http://www.winfieldrobotics.com which will have a value of $50.00 or more.

Due to some technical difficulties, we are repeating the Gap Mini competition during the February 2008 meeting.

Goal: The robot starts on one table. After a three second delay the robot moves from one table to the next over a one-foot gap. Robots must not fall off the table. The shortest time wins.

Robot:

• Autonomous
• 3-second delay
• 1-foot cube max starting size
• 15lb weight limit
• Build with any safe materials

Playing field: two tables

Goal: The robot begins in the starting box. After a three second delay the robot places the Pepsi cans on one side of the line and the Coke cans on the other. The robot then returns to the starting box. The robot must not protrude over the edge of the playing field at any time. The robot that separates all of the cans and returns to the starting box in the shortest time wins.

Robot:
• Autonomous
• 3-second delay
• 1-foot cube max starting size
• 15lb weight limit
• Build with any safe materials

Playing field: 4-foot by 8-foot white board. A 4-foot by 16-inch starting box is marked with ¾ inch electrical tape on one end of the board. The other end of the board has two marks 16-inches apart 16-inches from the far end and 16-inches from each side of the playing field. The cans are centered on the marks.

Playing pieces: six empty soda cans

Goal: The robot starts on one table. After a three second delay the robot moves from one table to the next over a one-foot gap. Robots must not fall off the table. The shortest time wins.

Robot:

• Autonomous
• 3-second delay
• 1-foot cube max starting size
• 15lb weight limit
• Build with any safe materials

Playing field: two tables