The Hackaday Prize – Build Something That Matters and win a Space Trip. Last year The Hackaday Prize began a movement, this year we’re solving problems that matter to everyone.
The creative energy and years of experience found in our huge community of Hackers, Designers, and Engineers is waiting to be unleashed. Let’s use that potential and move humanity forward. This doesn’t mean one giant solution. Thousands of people, each lifting one stone, moves mountains. Categories of the submitted projects are Pollution, Food or Energy. Those who will solve a relevant problem, could win a charming first prize: a space trip (or a $196,000 for the settlers who don’t like travelling). Other prizes include a trip to CERN or to Shenzen, a 90W laser cutter or a building kit. The semifinals will start on September 21st, we are eager to see who will go to Space! Besides, there’s a chance to compete for the Product award, with a special prize of $100,000: As an official entry in the 2015 Hackaday Prize you may choose to compete for the Best Product award. LMR sur Twitter : "Scamper art competition: your #robot #draws and you get money! #contest...
Scamper art competition. The challenge is to create artwork using a Scamper robot chassis.
It does not matter if your robot draws, paints or sculptures. My paint bot used a motorized syringe to squeeze out thick paint. The first 20 entries to post a video of their robot creating a complete picture, painting or sculpture will get $150. Post a link to your youtube video in the comment section of this post and contact me via my contact form so I can get your bank details and send you the money. The result was far from perfect but this was just a quick demo. Obviously to enter this challenge you will need to buy a Scamper Kit from the DAGU website. The kit comes in a sturdy carry case that protects the parts during shipping. once the kit has been assembled the carry case makes a great tool box. The kit includes: The ComMotion shield is designed to plug into SparkFun's Redboard but should fit any Arduino R3 board that uses a mini or micro USB socket. Who’s Who of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, June 5-6.
Who’s Who of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, June 5-6 Source: IEEE Spectrum See also DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2015 Live video streaming June 5-6, 2015–see twenty-five of the top robotics organizations in the world competing for $3.5 million in prizes as they attempt a simulated disaster-response course.
Update: Taking first place and the $2 million in prize money that goes with it is Team Kaist of Daejeon, Republic of Korea, and its robot DRC-Hubo. Coming in second and taking home $1 million is Team IHMC Robotics of Pensacola, Fla., and its robot Running Man. The third place finisher, earning the $500,000 prize, is Tartan Rescue of Pittsburgh, and its robot CHIMP… Launched in response to a humanitarian need that became glaringly clear during the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, the DARPA Robotics Challenge consisted of three increasingly demanding competitions over two years.
Like this: Like Loading... About GilPress. Beyond BattleBots: The Evolution of Robot Competition. An audience member at RoboGames is entranced by robot dance moves.
Photo: Dave Schumaker Yes, we know, BattleBots is back. And we love it. But sometimes smashing and burning and cutting and flipping stuff isn’t what you’re into. While BattleBots and the like have waxed and waned and now come roaring back, many other competitions have chugged along in academic and military settings, from the DARPA challenge to RoboCup. This is like the decathlon for robots. “If you come up with a single task, then you would never end up with a humanoid robot,” says Baltes, a professor of computer science at the University of Manitoba.
Those challenges are compounded when you need one robot to perform varied functions. A robomagellan robot can self-navigate through an outdoor course to find a hidden orange cone, at RoboGames. But wait, there’s more; HuroCup keeps piling it on, with four-day competitions held in different locations, and terrain designed by whoever is hosting. Nathan Hurst. Israeli High School Robotics Teams Excel at International Competition. Some 3,000 groups participated in the FIRST robotics competition held last weekend in St.
Louis. Photo: FIRST Israel/Avishai Finkelstein. JNS.org – Three Israeli high school robotics teams excelled at the finals of the FIRST international robotics competition, held last weekend in St. Louis. The competition announced the guidelines for this year’s robotics game at the start of January, and some 3,000 groups from around the world set to work to meet the challenge. The Miscar group from Misgav and the Orbit group from Binyamina reached the final games of the first round of the finals, securing places in the top 18. Shelf-Picking Robots Will Vie for a Prize from Amazon. Rover transforming rocket.