The Conquest of Millikan Islands
27th Annual Engineering Design Competition
Thursday, March 8, 2012, Millikan Pond
The Mission
The fundamental challenge of engineering is solving problems while meeting basic constraints. The ME72 students were tasked to design, build, and operate under manual and/or autonomous control a team of vehicles that will:
- Retrieve Ping-Pong balls from a land-based dispenser.
- Place these balls in island containers in the water.
- Navigate autonomously to deposit a ball on an island in the autonomous zone.
- Return from, and exit, the autonomous zone.
- Compete with the opposing team to reduce their score while maintaining their own.
The Challenge
The contest period is divided into rounds. Each round consists of 5 minute heats, where a heat consists of a head-to-head competition between two teams. After two losses a team will be eliminated from the competition. Each heat is divided into these 4 main intervals. The winner will be the team with the most points at the end of the competition.
2012 Sponsors:
| Team Number | Team Members | Team Name |
|---|---|---|
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01
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Jacinto Dominguez
Hanna Dodd Matt Fu Christine Viveiros |
Dim Sum 41 |
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02
|
Supriya Iyer
Vivian Zhang Timea Kosztin Mason Freedman Sebastián Rojas Mata |
Flying Dutchmen |
|
03
|
Stephen Schwee
Brice Nzeukou Aric Fitz-Coy Blaine Matulevich |
ISIS |
|
04
|
Eric Chang
Thimal de Alwis Stephany Lai Adrian Mitrea |
MiscoM |
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05
|
Wesley Swank
Thomas Harris Kent Koyanagi Peter Ngo |
Nameless |
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06
|
Arjun Subramani Chandar
Ayooluwakunmi Oluwafemi Jeje Xiaotong (Tony) Wu Nikola Georgiev |
Rambo SWAG |
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07
|
Diego Caporale
Vicky Yuan Tian Rory Shevin Anum Jang Sher Zipeng (Hunter) Zhao |
Robotics Anonymous (Winner) |