The rubber hits the road
First RU Mechatronics Robot Race
Flash was the winning team in the first RU Mechatronics Robot Race on September 23. The team consisted of Geir Ragnarsson, Fróði Brooks Kristjánsson, Sigurður Teitur Tannason and Óttar Egill Arnarson. Mechatronics students have been working hard with an affordable mobile robotics kit developed by summer interns from the University of Strasbourg to learn about sensors, movement, and control.
The kit includes 3D-printed brackets and a laser-cut chassis which the students are invited to modify as desired. Each team went around the track two times following a set of coloured lines, and the winner was determined by electronic timing on a live scoreboard previously designed by students.
