National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition Coming to Sydney
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Thu 25 Sep 2014
Robots. They're all around us yet we still think of them as machines of the future and complex characters in sci-fi movies. They're the creations of people's imaginative minds - such as R2D2, Wall-E, Optimus Prime and my favourite, Rosey from the Jetsons.
Here's your chance to step into the future as we're living it now and to see what robots are already doing and learn about some of the plans we humans have for robots (aside from world domination)!
Join the excitement at the National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition final being held on Thursday, 25 September at Macquarie University in Sydney, NSW. This cool and creative competition gives university students an opportunity to showcase robotics capabilities by building an autonomous robot and competing against teams from other universities across Australia and New Zealand.
This is a great school holiday event which will get your kids away from their iDevices and interested in the future of mechatronics and robotics.
The competition this year focuses on agriculture which is a vital industry in our region and a key growth industry for applications of robotics. Students are challenged to design 'Go, Sow, Grow!' robots which will need to wirelessly communicate with a device, collect seeds, navigate to a farming area and overcome obstacles along the way, deposit the collected seeds in selected planting areas then navigate back to the home zone to complete the competition task.
Thirty teams have qualified so far in the competition and there is one final stage required to secure a spot in the 2014 competition final.
One of the great things about this competition is that it enables students to demonstrate their engineering and mechatronics skills on an international platform as well as teaching them how to complete a defined goal within time limits, giving them this all-important skill to take into the workplace.
The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of $3,000 with second and third places collecting $1,500 and $750. A bonus prize of $500 will be awarded to the team with the best robot design. All teams that successfully complete the competition tasks get to keep the robot development kit, valued at over $20,000.
If you're curious to see what robots are capable of (I'm hoping washing, ironing and cooking may be on the list), come along to the National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition final and you may find yourself one step closer to a mechanical maid in the house!
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