WRO 2011 - Exhibition

Robot Olympiad / Exhibition:
LEGO invited us to the World Robot Olympiad in Abu Dhabi to show our robots to the attendees ... and it was an experience!


our first visit ...	... in an empty hall	this is our "tent"	still much work ahead
Steven, Camilla & Jenn	briefing ...	... and many observing ...	... listeners
this way!	photo-documentation
	handout of our shirts	Robotic Expert	Robots Rock!

celebratory opening	coffee and ...	... falcons	busy scene

LEGO Education	one of the ...	... main sponsors ...	... of this event
Danny's Portrayer Robot			LEGO Education

unusual ... we got presents of the attending teams			colorful visitors

And now, clockwise starting at the entrance, all Robotic Experts and their creations ...

David Gilday:
David and his Rubik's Cube!
He presented his robot that not only can solve the usual 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube ... No, his robot can solve the cube up to 5x5x5 ... unique!
In addition he showed us his newest creation ... the MindCuber. This robot can be built with the MINDSTORMS starter kit and solved the 3x3x3 cube unattended ... building instructions and program will be released soon!

preparing the table cloth ...	... and ready!	a Rubik's Cube is always at hand!
this robot can solve the 5x5x5 Rubik's Cube!	a massive red cube for calibration	the MindCuber	newly built

Michael Dobson:
Michael is partner in crime of David ... and together they built the CubeStormer II robot ... the fastest robot worldwide solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube ... in unbelievable 5.3 seconds!
Michael's part of the CubeStormer II is the mechanical side, the software is from David ...

Michael with a solved cube	fun at the stall	the CubeStormer II 4 NXT inside a smartphone scans the cube	insert ... and ready!
the start button ... Go! Go! Go!	certified deed	two external power supplies	one for the NXT part, one for the PF part

Will Gorman:
Will brought his 3D-printer.
When the printer is filled up with 2x2 bricks you only have to command what to print ... and immediately things are printed in 3D!


bricks are refilled	the 3D-printer is ready to go	Will and his creation	printing ...
choosing on screen ...	... what will be printed	clever mechanism ...	... for separating the bricks

Marc-André Bazergui:
What would be Marc-André without his Wall.E? And so both come to Abu Dhabi.
Wall.E has reached version 5 by now ... better, larger and more beautiful than the predecessors!
It can lift unattended his body, fold out the treads and lowers his body again. And of course it can move his head and arms ...

Wall.E & Marc-André
tuning ...	... the treads ...	... and the drive	naked undercarriage
remote control ...	... for all functions	Wall.E 4 in the background	attraction for kids

Marc-André explains ...	... the program

Matthias Paul Scholz:
Matthis Paul brought his model of the Hubble Telescope to Abu Dhabi!
This model shows how the diferent parts of the Hubble Telescope works. The antenna, the solar sails and the objective shutter are moved by motors.With two more motors the telescope can point to a poster of the stars and the built in web cam transfers the picture of the stars to the monitor ... just as the original telescope does it ...

cage	erecting the telescope	the Hubble Telescope ...	... pointed to the stars
motors to move the telescope	controlled by remote control	lifting mechanism	ready!
	Matthias Paul at work	the built in cam ...	... transfers the picture

Vassilis C. Nextstorm:
Vassilis surprised us all ... and brought two entirely new and unknown robots, Titan & Hefiastos, to Abu Dhabi ... boxing robots!
A game for two players ... each player has a remote control to steers the robot and to let them fight.



Dummy, the prototype	Hefiastor, the red one	Hefiastor & Vassilis	Titan, the yellow one

remote with buttons for each boxing hand ...	... and if you tilt the control you drive the robot	treads and tilt-switches

Mike Brandl:
LEGO asked for three robots ...
- the Globe Plotter, which paints a globe in three colors on an empty white ball ...
- my robotic arm Thing, which copies the movements of the control Puppeteer ((c) Andreas Dreier) ...
- and my Daedalus Labyrinth, the game where the player tries to move a ball to a labyrinth with a data helmet on his head ...

Daedalus Labyrinth	robotic arm "Thing" and control "Puppeteer"	Globe Plotter	thrilled visitors
movements of this control ...	... are copied in realtime ...	... by this robotic arm	data helmet ready! let's go!
photoshooting with the chinese team	Puppeteer: remote control for a five axis robotic arm	nice visitor at my labyrinth ...	good starting time for Anika!
how does this work?			nice little presents from the teams

Martijn Boogaarts & Lotte van Zanten:
Martijn supported Vassilis's Soccer Robots with Helmets ... and all visitors were delighted and had fun!

many, many ...	... players		Martijn explains

Kenneth Ravnshoj Madsen & Lasse Stenbaek Lauesen:
Kenneth and Lasse had two creations with them ... their airship and the factory with warehouse and fork truck.

always great interest for the airship	Kenneth with ...	... safety rope
		factory and warehouse	steer the fork truck with the remote control

Anika & Arjen Brandsma:
Anika brought her menagerie ... the Robot Duck and the Robot Rat.
On the play field the duck drives around until it meets the blue line. The it follows the line up to the nest, turns around and drops an egg into it ... and then came the rat and steals it! Not nice!

preparing the play field	the Robot-Duck	nest with egg	the Robot-Rat
	maintainance work ...	... at the ...	... Robot-Rat
		Anika in imperial delight - posing for a chinese blog	and Arjen too!

Chris & Karrie Shepherd:
Chris brought his large model with four Flexpicker robots.
At the beginning of the conveyer belt some colorful bricks are dropped to the belt, passed the color sensor and afterwards were picked with fantastic accurcy by the Flexpicker and were dropped to the right bins.
These Flexpicker are built after real industrial robots by ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) ...

tedious erection ...	... of a large model ...	... consisting of four ...	... Flexpicker
	each arm is equipped with three NXT motors	one PF motor for the valve for the gripper
one compressor	end switch and IR sender	elektro valve	gripper
two Flexpicker and conveyer belt	air tank and pressure gauge	internal wiring	pressure switch of the compressor

Mark Crosbie:
Mark brought many robots ... two models of the Google-Street-View-Car and a handful Queboid Shooter.
His Street-View-Car equates the original Google cars. Four webcams mounted on a SUV are shooting pictures automatically. The waypoints are paired with GPS data and transferred via bluetooth to a computer.
The Queboid Shooter are small, remote controlled robots for two player, who are trying to shoot balls at the goal of the opponent.

	Will chatting with Mark	Street-View-Car Vers. 1	Street-View-Car Vers. 2
four webcams	GPS-receiver, Bluetooth	data transfer to the PC
	waypoints

Queboid Shooter	treads on four sides	built in shooter	very compact
remote ...	... made by Philo	fun at the table

Arthur Sacek:
Three dimensional objects are Arthur's favourite! He brought two milling machines to Abu Dhabi.
The yellow milling machine is capable to mill three dimensional objects out of a foam block but without undercuts.
The red 360° milling machine can rotate the foam block thus undercuts are possible.
The milling took very long time, but the resulting milled objects were very accurate!

3D-objekte from the PC ...	... are sent to the milling machine
slow but accurate	the cutter drills often ...	... from above to the foam block ...	... and mills the 3D object
	milled objects		much dirt at work
360° milling machine with rotating foam block	grippers	the 360° milling machine at work	details
		ready made work of the 360° milling machine

WRO 2011 - Teams:
Sadly I had less time to visit many teams and look at their creations.
Here is a short overview of their robots ...

	play fields	silence before the storm

robotic team from ...	... South Korea

		line follower

Robot to rescue ...	... burried people	fire extinguisher

soft drinks and ...	... food robot	interesting ...	... inside

Cook Omelette Robot	Mixer	Gripper	Pan

Disco Robot		Guitar Player ...	... with dog

		Xmas Ball Plotter

	rescue robot ...	... from Russia

	greetings from ...	... Germany