DPRG mailing list archives: [DPRG] Fall competition

Tue Apr 22 09:16:01 CDT 2008

Hi Dres, I am an alumni from UT-Austin, we competed at various DPRG
competitions and we had a great time.  If you want to learn more about the
robots we used and what years, please see the team's website.  I'm not sure
if the team will compete this fall but I'll check with their new leadership
and see how things are going.

http://ras.ece.utexas.edu

~Andrew Lynch

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Randy M. Dumse <rmd at newmicros.com> wrote:

> Dres Den said: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:20 PM
> > I'm a faculty member at UT Permian Basin, and I'm interested
> > in getting some of our students involved in a robotic
> competition.
> > I have a few questions:
> >
> > -Is the DRPG Roborama competition suitable for college
> > students (engineering)? The reason I ask is because most
> > robot competitions seem to be geared towards middle and high
> > schoolers.
>
> Hi Dres, I'm adjunct faculty at Univ. of Northern Iowa, and
> working there (over the internet) to establish improved
> electronics and robotics courses. My main job is New Micros,
> Inc., in Dallas. I am a supporter and occassional attendee of
> the DPRG.
>
> I like to use Mini Sumo to introduce students to basic robotic
> principles. I got my first exposure to Mini Sumo at the DPRG
> contests.
>
> I have a couple students in a directed study lab planning to
> travel to Dallas to participate in the outdoor challenge this
> May.
>
> Also Dr. Brian Huff of UT Arlington has attended several
> contests with his students.
>
> As I recall, teams from UT Austin have also come up to compete
> occassionally.
>
> Now at the contests, you will see grade schoolers, and high
> schoolers, and college students and many pure hobbiests (long
> past being formal students) competing together. So if your
> students won't be mentally scarred by being beat by an 8 yo with
> a Lego set and a couple years previous experience, sure, bring
> them along.
>
> The course is the competition, and even successfully completing
> the couse is considered a victory by all who can do it, and many
> try but do not conquer the courses, but still learn and have
> fun. Some of the entry-level contests can be done at low level
> of effort and polish. Any contest, however, even the simplest,
> can be done at a academic to professional level, displaying a
> great deal of relavant technology.
>
> Randy M. Dumse
> www.newmicros.com
> www.uni.edu
>
>
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