Introduction
The first LEGO workshop was held at UQ in April, and the second in July, 1996.
The event was run by Gordon
Wyeth of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the
University of Queensland.
Competition rules
The competition rules are now available.
There are also photos of the event.
Workshop Resources
Each team is provided with the following:
- Microcontroller.
- The team is provided with a ready-to-run circuit board. This
board is an original inhouse design called the UQBOT board. It uses
surface mount technology to reduce board area and complexity. It is
based on the 6811 "Rug Warrior" designed by Anita Flynn and
Joseph Jones in their book "Mobile Robots: From Inspiration to
Implementation".
- Sensors.
- The participants are provided with a variety of sensors that are capable
of detecting the competition environment. The sensors are compatible with
the UQBOT interface.
- Batteries.
- The groups are given rechargeable batteries to use with their robot.
- LEGO Technic Bricks, Gears, Motors and Wheels.
- The LEGO bricks provide the structure of the robot. The gears are
used to interface the motors to the wheels. The motors may be plugged
into the UQBOT board.
- Interactive C.
- Interactive C (IC) is an interpreted version of C written
by Randy Sargeant and Anne Wright of MIT. The UQBOT board is compatible with
this version of IC. IC provides a programming environment which enables
a robot builder to easily test ideas, while providing support for
complex programming techniques.
- PC
- Each group has a PC for programming the robot. The PC is connected to
the robot by a serial cable with a modular plug.
