RoboNZ Tabletop Competition

It has been quite a long time since my last post - one of my excuses is that I have been busy preparing robots for the Tabletop robotics competition run by our local robotics group last weekend.  The competition was founded by Gary, hosted by RoboNZ, and a prize supplied by our friendly robotics supplier Mindkits.

The competition involves an autonomous robot clearing five empty softdrink cans from a 1.2m diameter table in the shortest time.  There is a size limit and a time limit.  Last weekend was the first competition meet, and after a successful challenge we will be stepping up the complexity each time.  Current rules here.

The next few posts will provide details of the robots fielded by the Electronic Kiwi team.  There's some footage of the competition on You Tube.