Student design teams from the Ohio State Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program will compete to see which team has designed the best robot to meet the design competition specifications.  This will be done Thursday, May 22, 2008 in a head-to-head competition at St. John Arena on the Ohio State campus.

This year's robot scenario involves a robotic helper at a research station in Antarctica.  The robot must be able to launch a weather balloon and retrieve a sled of equipment left behind by the research station workers out on the icescape.  The rover must also locate and
extract an ice core sample.  The time limit for this exercise is two minutes.  The rovers are limited in size to a 9" by 9" footprint.  The course that simulates the research station is approximately 12' by 12' square.

The competition is the culmination of a year-long coordinated program in Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics.  The faculty from these three disciplines coordinate the presentation of class material and meet on a weekly basis to monitor the progress of the classes and the students involved.  This year there are 300 Honors students completing the program.

The public is invited to attend the competition.  The single-elimination tournament of the public competition will start at 4:00pm.  Doors will be open for preliminary rounds which begin earlier in the day at noon.  Admission is free.  Parking is available at the Tuttle Park Place Parking Garage (building 088) at an hourly rate (up to $6.50).  The competition is sponsored by donations from industry.

Questions may be directed to freuler.1@osu.edu

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Program
College of Engineering
The Ohio State University