Engineers put robots to the test
Cory Freeman
Issue date: 4/26/05 Section: News
Mock disaster scenarios are being used to test robots and students in the second annual Urban Search and Rescue Competition.
The competitions take place from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in the lobby of the Engineering Building.
"There are three different teams ... computer scientists, electrical and mechanical engineers," computer science professor Jerry Weinburg said. "The main purpose is to use a system that has all these components together."
As part of a multidisciplinary robotics course, student teams from the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Engineering are taking part in this competition.
Students in these fields have had five weeks to build and program a robot.
The robot will have 15 minutes to search for seven "victims trapped in the wreckage" of a simulated damaged building. The robots must identify the rescue workers and create a map that can be used to reach the victims.
"The robot is programmed to do this all on its own; there is no remote control," Weinburg said.
This course was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The competitions take place from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in the lobby of the Engineering Building.
"There are three different teams ... computer scientists, electrical and mechanical engineers," computer science professor Jerry Weinburg said. "The main purpose is to use a system that has all these components together."
As part of a multidisciplinary robotics course, student teams from the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Engineering are taking part in this competition.
Students in these fields have had five weeks to build and program a robot.
The robot will have 15 minutes to search for seven "victims trapped in the wreckage" of a simulated damaged building. The robots must identify the rescue workers and create a map that can be used to reach the victims.
"The robot is programmed to do this all on its own; there is no remote control," Weinburg said.
This course was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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