[committee] Competition Update 1 (fwd)

[Sam Moore]

Hi committee,

To summarize the wall of text, I am planning on hosting the first robotics 
"competition" (it will be more of a get together for those who are 
interested) on the 29th of April.

Any objections?

tldr; robocomp, now smaller scale, less formal, 29th April, OK?

Sam Moore [SZM]


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 16:43:36 +0800 (WST)
From: Sam Moore <matches at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
To: robocomp at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Subject: Competition Update 1

Hello everyone,

Congratulations on signing up to the mailing list!

Unfortunately there have been very few signups at the moment (6). I will be 
working on advertising this competition more, but I have been somewhat delayed 
by 3rd year physics assignments (of death). You can help by threatening/asking 
your friends to join, or by recruiting team members.

I propose that instead of holding single formal competitions, we make this more 
informal, with perhaps one day/night a month organised where people can come to 
ucc and show off their creations. If interest increases throughout the year we 
can then consider holding a larger competition.

I am still keen on having the first event in the study break; several people 
have already begun making a robot so those who haven't should hurry up and 
start something! To pick a date I would choose the Friday (29th April), but 
this is open to change and I still have to make sure the committee and/or guild 
don't object.

The 29th of April is only a few weeks away, so here is a conservative 
challenge:
1. Build a chasis for your robot
2. Mount some motors and have some way for them to move forward
   (You can just hookup a switch directly to the motors if you want)
3. If you are interested in the sumo competition, see if/how far/how quickly 
you can push a ~1kg brick a distance of 1m

More "scientific" people should be able to choose their motors and gearing 
system to be able to do this. If you can't push the brick, consider a lower 
gearing ratio and more powerful motors.

If you can do all three of these, you will be well on your way to having a 
working sumo bot!

The UCC is of course open throughout the week and has a lot of tools and a 
project bench for anyone who wants to use them.

Please mail to this list with your thoughts. If you are already building 
something (or have a plan), feel free to tell everyone what you are going to 
do.

tldr; see above

Sam Moore [SZM] matches
UCC Ordinary Committee Member 2011