Student Robotics

We did it!!! After 23 weeks of hard work which included planning, robot assembly, programming and testing, we finally got our hardware and software to work together. The robot can now locate tokens in the arena, grab them and return them to our zone. (author: Thorben)

This week we did a few of the finishing touches, changed and added a bit of code and rebuilt the robot arms.Looking at the hardware and software side of things, we are almost done and actually already have a code that would work rather well for the competition. But of … Weiterlesen …

Just as planned, we did hours of testing on Wednesday and we can proudly say, that we can rotate cubes right side up and if that doesn’t knock off your socks , I don’t know what does.On a more serious note, we are still having some minor issues driving in … Weiterlesen …

At our latest meeting on Friday we continued our beloved trial and error testing with our robot and yet it is still not quite flawless..But we are confident to say that we should probably have a stable code working  by Wednesday.Apart from that our Bot is also currently being brushed … Weiterlesen …

Over the past few hours a video on our your YouTube Channel that was posted by a yet unknown third party has been generating a lot of outrage on the internet, as it shows what is allegedly the „truth“ behind our research at the MAI laboratories. We reject all accusations … Weiterlesen …

Yesterday was our last meeting before the beginning of two weeks of vacation in germany, which was reason enough for us to recheck the entire code, apparently. Also, I guess it had something to do with „security concerns“, whatever that means.Anyway, remain calm and do not panic, we already terminated … Weiterlesen …

The Subject is evolving Looking at the newest recordings, one can clearly seen that the subject is now able to analyze and inspect objects or even potential prey. This is something to be very worried about, seeing as subject can now hunt and identify potential targets. The prototype is now … Weiterlesen …

A few tests later we are now slowly starting to get somewhere.We are now finally able to turn tokens by 90° along one axis.Apart from that we are also able to drive back into our own starting zone. (author: Thorben)

New information came up showing new shocking issues with the prototype and the safety arrangements According to sources, who want to remain unnamed, the scientists have not planned the amount of power supplies right. Because of this it could be possible that there will be a security breakdown at the … Weiterlesen …

Less then two months are remaining until we have to have our little experiment up and running. According to our well-thought through schedule, we need to step up our game a bit in order to make the process we desire. Therefore, we are meeting at least twice a week at … Weiterlesen …