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This year we had *double* the entries from last year. Two!
Team Irvine Underground entered an awesome bot controlled by a laptop. It utilized a conveyor to pick up the balls and a modified paint ball gun to fire them out of an ABS barrel. The firing was completely controlled by the software and it used a webcam to detect where the cans were at, then fired automatically!
Team Florida came out with a brilliantly designed R/C bot. It had three airplane motors/propellers that could suck in the balls as well as blow them up to the gun, which was a home made propane tank/air compressor/sprinkler valve leading to an ABS barrel.
Florida just barely beat out IVU in the last round of the competition, it was an excellent match and both teams did an excellent job.
Next year will be a different (and cheaper) event, check back later for the rules!
Team Irvine Underground entered an awesome bot controlled by a laptop. It utilized a conveyor to pick up the balls and a modified paint ball gun to fire them out of an ABS barrel. The firing was completely controlled by the software and it used a webcam to detect where the cans were at, then fired automatically!
Team Florida came out with a brilliantly designed R/C bot. It had three airplane motors/propellers that could suck in the balls as well as blow them up to the gun, which was a home made propane tank/air compressor/sprinkler valve leading to an ABS barrel.
Florida just barely beat out IVU in the last round of the competition, it was an excellent match and both teams did an excellent job.
Next year will be a different (and cheaper) event, check back later for the rules!
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