KU Corobots Contest
KU Corobots Contest (Kasetsart University Collaborative Robots Contest) is a contest for high school students, taken in 2015 by the department of Computer Engineering, Kasetsart University (Bangkhen campus). The Intelligent Wireless Network Group (IWING) and the Theory Research Group were the main workforce driving this activity. The purpose of the contest is to create a good attitude and skill about robot development and control. Each group of contestants would be given 2 robots, which needed to work together to complete the tasks.
Task
Each contestant group has 2 robots, a knight and his assistant. Both of them have to collaborate to conquer the dragon in the castle. (photos)
Day 1 Quest for the magic sword
Day 1 arena
The knight robot has to cross the three-color tricky bridges to get the magic sword. The assistance robot has to close and open the correct bridge for the knight.
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Task Demo Day 1 |
Contest 1st day 19/11/2015 |
Day 2 Conquer the dragon
Day 2 arena
The knight has to travel the winding path down the mountain and cross the lava bridge. After that the knight will reach the castle. In front of the castle lay two gates that must be simultaneously activated to be open.
Meanwhile the knight assistant is to escape from the forest maze and collect 7 magic crystals to forge his sword. After getting out of the maze, the assistant will rendezvous with the knight at the castle to open up the gates to the dragon.
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podiums in different colors. Both heroes must stop inside the two podiums of the same color (green or blue) to release a magical strike of that color. Once attacked, the dragon will shield himself up against the same color strike. Therefore, the subsequent strike must be of the different color. Attacking 4 times will finally conquer the dragon.
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Task Demo Day 2 |
Contest 2nd day 20/11/2015 |
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