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Figure 1. Suckerbot, the winner of the tethered category.
Figure 2. Kilobot, the winner of the traditional (roaming) category.
Figure 3. MITBots, the winner of the all-in-one category.
The top prize in the tethered category, one of the three categories, went
to Tom Tilley of Thailand, who modified an old Sony PlayStation game controller, available in surplus for about
US$5, by adding two wheels to
the body and adapting the internal
vibration motors to drive the wheels
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(Figure 1). To allow the thumb
switches to act as sensors, for when the
mobile robot comes into contact with
obstacles, Tilley attached two counterweights above these switches; he
cleverly chose two Chupa Chups lollipops for this purpose. Tilley's brilliant
design cost US$8.96 for all of the com-
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ponents. The details involved in building your own Suckerbot are available
on Tilley's Web site: http://www.
tomtilley.net/projects/suckerbot/.
AFRON received many highly creative designs. An origami-inspired
entry from a team at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, SEG, was made
from foldable polyester material connected to an actuation mechanism.
Laser-cut bass wood was used to create
DiscBot, an elegant entry from ArcBotics, USA, and MITBots, from India,
submitted an affordable mass-manufacturable robot kit made of plasticmolded parts (Figure 3). These designs
and others, along with links to detailed
design and build instructions, are listed
on the AFRON Design Challenge Web
site: http://www.robotics-africa.org/
design_challenge.html.
AFRON aims to promote communication and collaboration that
enhances robotics-related education,
research, and industry on the continent
of Africa. The network currently has
almost 300 individual members, 40
institutional members in 47 countries,
and an international advisory board
that includes IEEE President Peter
Staecker. New members are always welcome, and they will be pleased to learn
that there are no subscription fees or
dues. To join, please visit the AFRON
website: http://robotics-africa.org.
http://www
http://www.tomtilley.net/projects/suckerbot/
http://www.robotics-africa.org/
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