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The objective of this project was to design an autonomous system that enabled a robot (Kuka Youbot) to stop and intercept balls kicked by players (i.e., the assigned functions for the robot were similar to a goal keeper). The main challenges that we faced were to understand the integration of the vision system / ball detection (utilizing OpenCV) and also the dynamics / control of the robot. |
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The task of ME210 $uper PAC Monday was to design an autonomous machine that would campaign against an opponent in a mechatronic version of the United States presidential primary elections. Two robotic candidates would compete head-to-head as they seeked to become the Presidential Nominee of the newly formed but already formidable Robots Instead of People (RIP) Party. The candidates’ efforts to secure votes were supported at a symbolic level by direct political donations from individuals, and (to a far greater extent) by two newly formed and mysterious Super PACs: Robots for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (RoBTT) and the Committee with Cash for Ridiculous Unsupportable Distortions (C-CRUD). Both Super PACs had limitless resources to further the interests of the candidates they supported (indirectly, and certainly without any coordination whatsoever, of course). In each 2-minute round of primary elections, the candidate that executed most effectively and parlayed their base of support into the most votes advances to the next round of single elimination primaries until the RIP Party’s Presidential Nominee was named. This project's site can be found here: https://me210newt.weebly.com/ |
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The challenge of the competition was to design, build, and deploy a team of vehicles that would:
Our team won the 3rd Place in the ME72 Competition. |
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Robo-Magellan is a robotics competition emphasizing on autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance over varied, outdoor terrain. The Caltech Team competed in 2008 Robogames with Beaver 1 Robot and in 2009 Robogames with Beaver 2 Robot. The Robots were allowed to have three chances to navigate from a starting point to an ending point. Their performances were scored based on the time taken to complete the course (with possibilities to lower the score based on contacting intermediate points). Our Beaver 2 Robot won the 2nd Place in 2009 Robogames. |