Robotics Competition

Overview:

Students create robots that complete a series of specified tasks on a course designed and built by the program’s teaching assistants. Each year the course has a different theme to give each class of students a unique experience in applying their knowledge and skills to a simulated real-world situation. The 2022 competition challenges the teams to perform tasks in “Carmen’s Diner”.

As part of their coursework, teams of four students work for approximately 8 weeks designing, building, coding, and documenting autonomous robots to meet the challenge. The project culminates with this final public competition, an in-class oral presentation, and a thorough documentation package.


 

Carmen's Diner Logo

Competition Scenario:

After the recent incorporation of a FEHub app for online ordering, business at Carmen’s Diner, a hometown favorite restaurant, has been booming. Struggling to keep up with increased demand, the owners of the diner are launching a new strategy utilizing automated vehicles to handle simpler restaurant tasks, enabling the human staff to focus more on interacting with customers. This would bring them one step closer to achieving their “Friends Eat Here” atmosphere. Management has contracted the Ohio State Research and Development (OSURED) team to help select a prototype from those being offered by several competing companies, including yours. The chosen prototype will be used as the design of the Carmen’s Diner Food Establishment Helper in an upcoming restaurant relaunch.

General operating procedure:

Four robots will perform simultaneously. There will be three rounds of round-robin play, as well as a single-elimination tournament. For each single-elimination run, the robot that earns the most points will be declared the winner. In the case of a numerical tie, the robot with the faster time will be the winner. If two or more robots are tied in both points and time, the match will be re-run from the beginning with only the tied robots.

All competition runs are eligible to count for team course grades. Additionally, all performances may contribute to awards and prizes determined by the judges at the competition’s conclusion. Prizes will be awarded for the top 4 performing robots in the round-robin competition, top 4 robots in the single-elimination tournament, 4 robots for outstanding achievement in engineering (as determined by the judges), 4 robots for outstanding aesthetics (as determined by the judges), and 4 robots for outstanding achievement in innovation (as determined by the judges). Additional prizes that will be awarded at the end of the semester include the 4 best documentation packages and the gracious professionalism award(s). 

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