We will be using a slightly modified version of the rules found here. Robots can be built by both teams and individuals (Get your friends to make one with you.) In our IEEE competition, the robots will be judged on fastest time to complete the course and by its "Coolness."

For our speed prize, there will be 3 course which each robot must overcome to achieve victory!

Course 1:  Meandering Curves

This is you classic beginners course with gently sloping curves and absolutely no right angles.  Everyone who completed this years kit and uploaded the sample code will be able to complete the course.  The trick is, can you complete it in the fastest time possible?  Will you simply finish, or will you finish with ludicrous speed? 

Course 2 :  Crazy Curves and Right Angle Alley

You won't be able to stay with the line because it will be going all over the place!.  This course will do loopty loops, hair pin turns.  Unlike the easy starter course, turns can be up to 90 degrees.  You will need to build your own code to be competitive in this arena.

 Course 3:  Taking Directions

Its hard to know where you are going in advance.  Some times the world just changes too fast and you need to get some last minute advice about where to go.  This course will have forks in the road.  On competition night you will be told you will need to go either through all of the right branches or all the left branches.  You will need to be able to reprogram or simply command the robot to the left or only to the right.  Will your robot listen?

Finally, there is the "Just Plain Cool" prize. Every team gets to vote for one other entry. It does not matter if your robot worked exactly like it should have, all that matters is that it is awesome. Try and push the limit with your design. Do something that no one has ever seen before. A walking robot, a flying robot, a two wheel balancing robot. Use a funny chassis (m&m race car?) . Anything. Make people laugh, envious, cry, or scream. Do something cool. Win this.

Prizes

The robots will be judges on the total time taken to complete all the courses.  The lower the score (the faster you completed all the courses) the better.   In the event that 3 robots do not complete all of the courses, the robots will be ranked by number of courses completed and then by time score.

Gold Prize:

•  2 Precision Faulhaber gear motors with encoders.  These wonderful little motors plug directly into the line follower shield let you easily make a little robot with odometry!  They are the perfect addition to your next robotics project with the kit components.
•  1 Sharp IR Ranger 

Silver Medal:

•  2 Precision Faulhaber gear motors with encoders.  These wonderful little motors plug directly into the line follower shield let you easily make a little robot with odometry!  They are the perfect addition to your next robotics project with the kit components.

 Bronze Medallion:

•  1 RC Servo

Coolest Robot Prize:   -  Coolness will be judged by every contestant.  Each robot team will get 1 vote.  You cannot vote for yourself.  

•  1 Sharp IR Ranger 

To Register

Sign up on this Google form.  You must register even if you bought the kit.  

Plus, tell all your friends to come!  It will be an awesome event show casing all the work that we have been doing.  

Here are some examples of line following robots. If you want more videos, just search youtube for line following robot. There are tons.

Tiny Line follower http://elm-chan.org/works/ltc/report.html

Lego Line Follower and Sweet from http://www.robotroom.com/Sweet.html

Line following robots come in many forms. Just have fun and make the chassis cool and functional. Electronics can go anywhere, give their body some pizzaz.

 Finally, your classc kit robots:

(Left) Example Kit Robot by Adam Stambler  (Right) Awesome 3d Printed robot by Peter Vasilnak