By Evan Clark, Isaac Kauvar, Matisse Milovich, and Joel Sadler
Welcome!
Welcome to our project page for Fili-bust-a-move, our robot for ME210: Introduction to Mechatronics at Stanford University during Winter Quarter 2012/13.
Here we document our process of building an autonomous robot to compete in the 2013 ME210 Mechatronics Challenge - the Fiscal Cliff Face-Off. Teams built sumo-wrestling "SumoSenator" robots to push other SumoSenators off a raised platform into a moat below. Bipartisanship was not an option. If no robot was victorious after a certain amount of time, an unstoppable wall called The Sequester slowly swept across the field, dumping all parties and their constituents to their doom. Our robot, Fili-bust-a-move, was a political heavy-weight, and fought dramatic battles up though the final round of the tournament. We were eventually crowned co-champions after repeatedly ending in deadlock with our equally matched opponent, Team Filibuster, in the final round of the tournament. What a painfully fitting end!
Here we document our process of building an autonomous robot to compete in the 2013 ME210 Mechatronics Challenge - the Fiscal Cliff Face-Off. Teams built sumo-wrestling "SumoSenator" robots to push other SumoSenators off a raised platform into a moat below. Bipartisanship was not an option. If no robot was victorious after a certain amount of time, an unstoppable wall called The Sequester slowly swept across the field, dumping all parties and their constituents to their doom. Our robot, Fili-bust-a-move, was a political heavy-weight, and fought dramatic battles up though the final round of the tournament. We were eventually crowned co-champions after repeatedly ending in deadlock with our equally matched opponent, Team Filibuster, in the final round of the tournament. What a painfully fitting end!