Competition for ‘sweetest’ robot held April 5
Teams of first-year Ohio State honors engineering students will compete in 20th annual robotics competition
Student teams will set their robots in motion around a student-built 12- by 12-foot course that simulates a candy store. The fully autonomous robots have just two minutes to perform specific tasks, including adjusting the temperature of a candy making oven, activating a candy making and packaging line, transporting a skid of packaged chocolate to a cooler and delivering a scoop to the store’s candy counter. The robots are limited in size to a 9 inch square footprint and constructed of various materials, including sheet metal, PVC, acrylic, plywood and Erector set components.
The culmination of a semester-long design-and-build project for freshmen honors students, the single-elimination tournament competition will determine which team has designed the best robot to meet the competition specifications.
The event is open to the public; traditionally, several hundred spectators are on hand.
WHAT: First-Year Engineering Honors Student Robot Competition
WHEN: Noon to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2014
- Noon to approximately 3:30 p.m.: Random preliminary round matches
- 4:15 to approx. 5:30 p.m.: Single-elimination tournament
- 5:45 p.m.: Presentation of awards
