General

OSURC hosts 5 workshops per term to provide a space and tools for members to work on and get help building robots for club competitions or personal projects. Workshops in Dearborn 203 for Fall 2010 at 6:00 PM on Wednesdays.

Documents/Software

• C/C++ header file defining hardware interface
• Sharp Infrared Sensor Datasheet
• QRD 1114 Datasheet
• Portable WinAVR
• TekBots Universal Programmer
• Visit here to view current OSURC Robotics Kit (ORK) Resources

View this PDF for more information.

Line Follower

Line Follower robots are built from the OSURC robot kits, and are programmed such that the infrared sensors on the robots follow a dark line on a track that results in a line-following race. The objective is to complete the track in the shortest amount of time, and prizes are given accordingly.

Find out more about the kit/line-follower here or view a .pdf file here.

SumoBot

The SumoBot competitions include two classes: Japan Class and Mini-SumoBot. The objective of the competition is for one robot to push the opponent's robot out of a circular ring, size depending on the class.

During this competition a tin can was placed in the center of the rink and contestants used their robots to push the can out of the rink. All robots were required to be autonomous and built on around a TekBots base. Rank was based on the average time taken to push the can off (penalties were given to contestants who either fell off the rink or went over the time limit)

View this PDF for more information.

Robo Gladiators

Robots are released in a standard sumo arena. On each robot there is attached one shield shaped target via Velcro. The shield must be between 1" and 5" from the ground and must be on the 'front' of the robot. Robots must be no larger than 8" x 8" in size. Points are scored for hits on the shield indicated by a light on the shield lighting up. Each battle is to 2 points (shield light ups), and each match consists of best 2 of 3 battles. A robot leaving the arena accidentally losses that match unless forced from the arena. Robots may not be intentionally designed to push other robots from the field.

Get your starter code here.

For more information and official rules, visit this page.