2010 Engineering Physics 253 RoboRacers Competition - finals - winners & 2nd place

Competition Background:

Fourteen teams of UBC Engineering Physics students are set to compete at "RoboRacers," the 10th Annual UBC Engineering Physics Robot Competition that pits students in head-to-head racing of their autonomous electric vehicles.

UBC Engineering Physics students have designed and built fast-moving vehicles that operate without remote controls. The Roboracers will speed along a winding track marked by black electric tape and perform the same actions as real racing vehicles. While changing lanes and taking shortcuts across the track, the robot cars must avoid crashing into each other, spinning out or falling off the racing surface which measures 16 feet x 8 feet.

The competition was inspired by UBC's new Electric Racing Team, a team comprising students in engineering physics and other engineering disciplines to create an electric race car to compete against gasoline powered cars at local autocross races.

Over the past 10 years, more than 500 Engineering Physics students have gone through this hands-on prototyping course as part of their academic programs. This crash course in prototyping gives students the chance to design all of the core electronics and mechanics of their robots, and offers experience with machining and prototyping facilities similar to those found within industry and at other leading academic institutions.

For more info, go to www.engphys.ubc.ca/projectlab/phys253/competition-2010/

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