West Branch Robotics Challenge 2007 Project

Starting Date

02/22/2007

Completion Date

04/26/2007

Overview

Five teams of students will design, build, and program LEGO MindStorms robots to compete in the Robotic Feeding Frenzy contest, which will be held at the Engineering Club Open House in the high school gymnasium on April 26.

Contest Rules (Feb 21, 2007)

Registration Form

Resources

LEGO Building Tutorial

NQC Tutorial

NQC Programmer's Guide

Software Downloads

Official NQC Website

LEGO MindStorms SDK 2.5

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Videos of LEGO Machines

Aluminum Can Stacker

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Elevator

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Vending Machine - 7up

Videos of LEGO Robots

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Walking Centipede

Walking Dog

Quadruped Robot

Water Skater

Line-Following Robot

Bipedal Line-Following Robot

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Quadruped Robot

Octopod Robot

Bipedal Robot with shifting mass

Sumo Robots

Sumo Robots

Videos of Other Robots

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Hexapod Robot

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Hexapod Robot walking over sticks

Ten-Legged Polypod Robot

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Line-Following Robot Contest

DARPA Grand Challenge Videos

NOVA Video - DARPA Grand Challenge

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