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The ASEE ([http://www.asee.org/ American Society for Engineering Education]) is hosting a robot design competition on June 27, 2016, in New Orleans, LA. The competition is for first and second year undergraduate students.

See the Official Rules posted on the [http://faculty.tcc.edu/PGordy/ASEE/ASEE2016/index.html | ASEE Model Design Competition 2016] page.

[[Image:asee_2016_iso.png|[http://faculty.tcc.edu/PGordy/ASEE/ASEE2016/index.html | ASEE Model Design Competition 2016]]

This year's competition, "Robot Parade" (NOLA, get it?), gives robots four trials of 90 seconds each to deposit rings into boxes along a route inside of a maze.


== Getting started ==

* '''Locomotion'''
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-JHGbDN4GA  Differential drive]
*** A common and popular way drive technique
*** Pros: Turns on a dime
*** Cons: Has to drag some kind of caster, can be difficult to drive straight
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMph19wUbOM  Ackerman steering]
*** The way a car moves
*** Pros: Only one drive motor
*** Cons: Finite turning radius, needs a rear axle differential gear
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7FbDy-gE70  Mechanum wheels]
*** Wheels with wheels on them
*** Pros: can move in any direction
*** Cons: expensive, complicated
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUsyMDvPW6U  Tank treads]
*** Differential drive with a twist
*** Pros: Can go over obstacles, can support the most load
*** Cons: Turning no so great, might need suspension, complicated or expensive to build
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9DOG47_xJk  Static walking]
*** 4, 6, or more legs!
*** Pros: Um... cool looking?
*** Cons: Needs lots of motors, complicated programming to make infinitely adjustable steps
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYKgHa8hH1k  Dynamic walking]
*** 1 or 2 legs
*** Pros: nah
*** Cons: Impossible

* '''Sensing'''
** Optical
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9299  interrupter]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9453  reflector]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8958  proximity]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13680  laser]
** Position
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11446  accelerometer]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11341  gyro]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10724  IMU]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10790  encoder]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9939  angle]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11621  distance]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10264  Flex]
** Force
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9375  FSR]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13329  Load cell]
** Contact
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/97  push button]
*** [https://www.adafruit.com/products/818  limit switch]
** Magnetic
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8642  reed switch]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12670  magnetometer]

* '''Manipulation'''
** Rotational motors
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11696  DC motor]
*** [https://www.pololu.com/product/1597  DC motor with gearhead]
*** [https://www.pololu.com/product/2276  DC motor with gearhead and encoder]
*** [https://www.pololu.com/product/1208  stepper motor]
*** [http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__36277__Turnigy_AX_2203C_1400KV_60W_Brushless_Outrunner_Motor.html  brushless]
*** [http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__16257__HobbyKing_8482_HK15178_Analog_Servo_10g_1_4kg_0_09s.html  RC servo]
** Linear motors
*** [https://www.pololu.com/product/2308  Lead screw and DC motor]
*** [https://www.pololu.com/product/2689  stepper motor with lead screw]
*** [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11015  solenoid]