Line following March 2009

by Jef Mangelschots

Here are the rules for the line-following contest.

Russel Newman wrote another article about this event.

In preparation for the Super line-following contest, we organized a regular mini competition on a standard white background. As it turned out, it wasn't that straight-forward. Somewhere on the course was an invisible bump that gave John Davis' bot the willies. Paul brought a scribler robot. Apparently you need to write the program on a note of paper and insert it into the bot. Unfortunately, Paul's handwriting was illegible because the bot had no idea what was expected of him.

Some video's

Here Paul gives a demonstration of the resuls of violating the rule: "when competing in a line following contest - load the line following software in the bot". But we had fun anyway ...

No luck here either. The bot would have worked, if only for that silly detail of being able to move. Something was wrong with the gears. The motor was turning but the wheels were on strike. Probably French wheels.

Here is a typical example of RSSC competitions: grown men beat by a little girl. Oh, and Martin's daughter was there too:

If you can't get to your destination one way, then start of in the opposite direction. Since the Earth is round, you will get there eventually:

No, still on strike. Those damn French:

No Paul, that is the software for the hallway contest ...

In the next round, we introduce a cross-over. Dough - beat by a girl again ...