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This weekend at the University of Guelph is the Grande Sumo Showoff. Ahhh, here it is!!! Ready for U o' Gu! My second Sumo robot (no pics of the first for it lasted a day and my camera was on a trip.) It's solid LEGO--it's pretty heavy. The 'bot just fits inside 1 cubic foot (which was the stipulation in the rules). |
| I think it's going to kick some major heinie!!! Note the gear on the top--it was part of the gear train for the front forks... I had geared it down considerably and, due to torque, it ripped apart. I have since put a clutch gear in it, hopefully it will prevent future gear breakage.
See the homepage for the First Annual Guelph LEGO Robotics Contest |
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Here we have pics of the University of Guelph's first annual LEGO robot competition. Pictured left is the University's entry, made by Victor. It was set up for defence. |
Calum's entry, a very low robot with double treads.
See Calum's homepage here |
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Iain's ramp 'bot. It was very fast and maneuverable. I should go over the rules a sec...
The rules of the competition are as follows:
the 'bot has to be smaller than 1 cubed foot, and you had to push your opponent outside the white circle. That's it. |
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Calum's and Iain's 'bots going head to head. |
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My cube 'bot against Victor's robot. My friends look on at the competition. |
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Calum sets up his 'bot, getting ready for the next round. |
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A few pics of the competiton |
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Chris's robot, using a wonderfully designed worm gear setup to transfer power from the motors to the wheel axles going against Iain's ramp 'bot.
See Chris's homepage here. |
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| Iain's ramp was such a great idea. It even got under the overweighted cube 'bot. |
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A quick redesign of the cube 'bot to try to circumvent Iain's ramp 'bot. |
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| Chris's worm gear 'bot and my cube 'bot moving around. They were the two slowest 'bots so it always took a while for them to find one another. |
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This is the story of the tortoise (Chris's worm gear 'bot) and the hare (Iain's ramp 'bot). Fun to watch. |
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More pics of the bouts between the robots. |
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Victor's Defence 'bot looking good. Pushing the cube robot. |
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| Victor's 'bot pushes Chris's 'bot around. Calum gets ready to start his 'bot. |
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The showdown--Dave's cube 'bot against Iain's ramp 'bot. Iain won and his robot drives off into the sunset... (go with me here, imagine it) |
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The final bout--an all out melee!!! This is where it gets really fun! There was much mayhem between the 5 'bots. As you can see in the bottom center picture that Chris's machine gave up the ghost. In the bottom right picture you might notice that Iain's ramp came off. Much fun. |
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