The University of of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been running a BEAM-style mechatronics program (GE100) for the last few years. The purpose of the class is to build a self-powered device that can propel itself over both smooth and rough terrain, using a pair of servos and a BEAM-style servo-controller circuit (similar in function to […]
Solarbotics Event Sponsorship
Dave Hrynkiw
September 13, 2005
Brian Fields is heading up a new BEAM botting competition which Solarbotics is proud to be in association with. To borrow from the website:
To enter this contest all you have to do is build the smallest robot you can in one of these three categories
Turbot, Walker, or Photovore. This contest is much like ChiuÂ’s contest way back when but, I just added two more categories. This contest is totally free and anyone can participate in it.
Soooo, get building!
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