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Sparkfun announces new robotics competition.

Posted by Doug Weibel on June 12, 2010 at 11:30am
Sparkfun has announced a new robotics competition - ANTIMOV.

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We want you to build a robot that completes a trivial task in the most inefficient and laborious way possible. Oh yeah, it needs to destroy itself doing so. Intrigued? We thought so!

Any suggestions on what the most trivial task a UAV could perform in a laborious way is! As I demonstrated at Sparkfun's AVC this year getting a AUV to destroy itself is a simple task - LOL.
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  • Robert Palmore June 14, 2010 at 8:31am
    Why not hammer a nail through a hydrogen blimp?
  • Mathias June 13, 2010 at 7:04am
    I vote for hydrogen blimp
  • Leon June 12, 2010 at 11:09pm
    I vote for the hammer-UAV!
  • will y. June 12, 2010 at 10:54pm
    How about a device that moves by detonating its own power supply? I figure that should work well, and cheap unregulated Li+ batteries are quite explosive.
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    Jared S June 12, 2010 at 6:22pm
    How about a navigation algorithm that always takes the long way around the earth to get from point A to point B.
  • Lew Payne June 12, 2010 at 6:02pm
    Implementing human-like intelligence into a UAV would render it inefficient. Perhaps a navigation system that distracts itself with a GameBoy that is interfaced to it. Lots of close calls....
  • James Turner June 12, 2010 at 2:52pm
    I'm thinking just one of my everyday projects, completing its task first is proving difficult.
  • Aaron Shaw June 12, 2010 at 2:46pm
    How about hammering a nail with a UAV. Large weight in nose, find nail, dive into nail.
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    Jared S June 12, 2010 at 2:09pm
    I'm thinking a blimp with too much hydrogen that needs mega rockets to push it to the ground. Upon impact...fireball.
  • Gregg "Cabe" Bond June 12, 2010 at 12:37pm
    Landing is a trivial task (think about it you just stop flying.....) and an easy destruction option the same way.

    I wonder if just making the code inefficient counts?
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