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May 2013
BattleCry@WPI 14
Saturday, 5/18/2013 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Harrington Auditorium
- FREE
This is the longest-running robotics tournament in the state. Come see 54 high school teams with their 145 pound robots competing in this year's FIRST robotics challenge, "Ultimate Ascent". Six robots at a time will attempt to score frisbees and climb 8 ft tall pyramids during each 2 1/4 minute match. Matches will begin every 6 minutes from 4-9pm on Friday and continuing from 8am-5pm on Saturday.
Sponsored by: WPI, SolidWorks, National Grid, Polar Beverages
For more information, e-mail stafford@wpi.edu.
June 2013
NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge
Tuesday, 6/4/2013 - Friday, 6/7/2013 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Quad
- Free
The second annual running of this NASA Centennial Challenge. Eleven competitors from around the world will gather with their autonomous robotic creations to meet the challenge of searching for and collecting up to ten small designated "samples" spread over an 80,000 square meter area. The robots must operate as if they were on an extraterrestrial body (eg, the moon or Mars). They cannot use any earth-based (eg, compasses) or earth-orbit-based (eg, GPS) navigation aids to determine their positions or orientation. They will have 2 hours to find and collect these samples during which they can have no operator interaction at all. The competition is divided into these phases: Inspection and Practice on 4 Jun, Level 1 qualifying rounds on 5 Jun, and Level 2 full rounds on 6 and 7 Jun. Those that succeed in the first two phases can go on to the third phase and compete for the $1.5M prize purse. The actual robots will be displayed and the prizes awarded in the Touch Tomorrow science festival that occurs on Campus from 1000-1600 on Sat 8 Jun.
Sponsored by: NASA/WPI
For more information, e-mail stafford@wpi.edu.
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May 2013
BattleCry@WPI 14
Saturday, 5/18/2013 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Harrington Auditorium - FREE
This is the longest-running robotics tournament in the state. Come see 54 high school teams with their 145 pound robots competing in this year's FIRST robotics challenge, "Ultimate Ascent". Six robots at a time will attempt to score frisbees and climb 8 ft tall pyramids during each 2 1/4 minute match. Matches will begin every 6 minutes from 4-9pm on Friday and continuing from 8am-5pm on Saturday.
Sponsored by: WPI, SolidWorks, National Grid, Polar Beverages
For more information, e-mail stafford@wpi.edu.
June 2013
NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge
Tuesday, 6/4/2013 - Friday, 6/7/2013 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Quad - Free
The second annual running of this NASA Centennial Challenge. Eleven competitors from around the world will gather with their autonomous robotic creations to meet the challenge of searching for and collecting up to ten small designated "samples" spread over an 80,000 square meter area. The robots must operate as if they were on an extraterrestrial body (eg, the moon or Mars). They cannot use any earth-based (eg, compasses) or earth-orbit-based (eg, GPS) navigation aids to determine their positions or orientation. They will have 2 hours to find and collect these samples during which they can have no operator interaction at all. The competition is divided into these phases: Inspection and Practice on 4 Jun, Level 1 qualifying rounds on 5 Jun, and Level 2 full rounds on 6 and 7 Jun. Those that succeed in the first two phases can go on to the third phase and compete for the $1.5M prize purse. The actual robots will be displayed and the prizes awarded in the Touch Tomorrow science festival that occurs on Campus from 1000-1600 on Sat 8 Jun.
Sponsored by: NASA/WPI
For more information, e-mail stafford@wpi.edu.
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