{"id":11740,"date":"2010-04-07T11:29:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=11740"},"modified":"2010-04-07T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T15:29:19","slug":"ucf-in-top-10-at-robot-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-in-top-10-at-robot-games\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF in Top 10 at Robot Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UCF Robotics Club won seventh place out of 43 teams that competed in the 2010 IEEE Southeastern Conference Hardware Competition March 18-21 in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<p>Themed &#8220;Energizing Our Future,&#8221; the event brought together student engineers from the region to race solar-powered robots in a competition of smarts and ingenuity.<\/p>\n<p>Teams had only three minutes to charge their robots from indoor &#8220;sun&#8221; lights, and have them complete as many laps as possible around an obstacle-laden track. The robots were not allowed to have any form of stored energy prior to the start of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>To get its robot, &#8220;Knight-Brite,&#8221; charged up quickly, the UCF team used a scissor-lift design to position the robot as close to the light source as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took about two minutes to charge,&#8221; said team captain Michael Scherer, &#8220;leaving one minute to race.&#8221; Scherer added that while all teams put in a good effort, many of the robots at the competition didn&#8217;t move.<\/p>\n<p>Team members included Chris Davis, Alex Demos, James Humphries, Steven Kobosko, Jonathan Mohlenhoff, Chris Nergard, Cassondra Puklavage and Matt Znoj.<\/p>\n<p>The UCF Robotics Club participated in cooperation with the IEEE UCF Student Chapter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UCF Robotics Club won seventh place out of 43 teams that competed in the 2010 IEEE Southeastern Conference Hardware Competition March 18-21 in Charlotte, NC. 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