The ASME E-Fest East 2018 conference has it all, including many student presentations. This year, the ASME UD delegation made a strong showing in both the Old Guard Technical Poster and the Old Guard Oral Presentation Competitions.
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ASME UD attends the nationally organized ASME Engineering Festival East (E-Fest East) each year. Below are our stories from years past.
E-Fest East: Soccer Robots Competition
When we arrived at the competition, after a late night of working on the bot, an early morning wake-up, and a four-hour drive, we were already quite tired, but we were looking forward to a fun day filled with awesome robots and friendly competition. We hadn’t had too much time to prepare for this competition, but we had our robot and were ready to do our best.
E-Fest East: Saturday Reflections
ASME UD kicked off our participation in the ASME E-Fest East 2018 (held at Penn State this year) with a roaring start, with a delegation eleven members strong proudly representing the University of Delaware. Below are the reflections of first-time E-Fest attendees Tiange and Juan upon of a fun-filled day of activities.
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.
