Robots in Review

The entire premise of the robot design competition was to essentially design a robot that can throw a tennis ball, lift a weight, run a certain distance, hit a ball, and climb 3 stairs. If that wasn’t hard enough, the size limitation certainly made it harder. The robot had fit inside a 50x50x50 cm box. Once a background has been established, the designing process can begin.


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Behind the Chunkin

In case you hadn’t realized, a lot of work went into preparing our punkin chunkin for competition. We worked for over 150 man-hours and spent more than $300 worth of lumber, nuts, & bolts on our creation–but it was all worth it. Below are pictures of our design at various stages of completion during the design process.

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Punkin Chunkin 2016

This year felt a little bit medieval at times, but everyone who was able to make it had a blast! Our fixed pivot trebuchet ended up earning the 3rd place spot among 20 collegiate teams, battling wind and increasingly worse mishaps to lob off six pumpkins the day of competition. Everyone was pleased by the result, to say the least. Thank you to Rowan University ASME for hosting, and for all of the hard work the punkin chunkin build team put into designing a trebuchet from scratch this year!

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