2010 Results are now posted! The
process is still underway for posting the complete results,
but all Fire Fighting results are completed. Go to
Prizes to see 2010 TCFFHRC
Results.
December 29, 2009
We hope that your robot designs are progressing well and
that you will enter the 2010 Trinity College Fire-Fighting
Home Robot Contest and the RoboWaiter Contest.
RoboWaiter will take place on Saturday, April 10, and
the 17th annual fire-fighting contest will take place on
Sunday, April 11.
On-line registration for both events will open on January
15, 2010 at midnight. Please use the
registration link on this website.
We also will offer a new Concept Division in the
fire-fighting contest. The Concept
Division rules have evolved during the fall and will be
posted before January 15. The Concept
Division has walls that collapse, a new coat rack obstacle,
and IR transmitters designed to fool your sensors. This
should provide a new challenge and will be lots of fun!
Also new for 2010 are the Tiny Robot Award, a new random
candle location option, and increased time reduction for the
Variable Door Location option. The contest will offer the
House on Fire Expert Division, which we introduced in 2009.
RoboWaiter, the assistive robotics contest sponsored by the
Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities, will be
better than ever. The 2009 contest survey showed that
RoboWaiter participants felt a high level of engineering
challenge, were curious about assistive robotics, and wished
to increase awareness among potential users of assistive
technology. Supporters and instructors felt it was
important to introduce students to the assistive technology
subject.
We look forward to a high level of participation in
RoboWaiter in 2010. To increase the challenge we will
introduce the RoboWaiter Advanced Division. The RW
Advanced Division will require robots to interact with a
smart refrigerator, retrieve food from more than one
refrigerator shelf, and navigate within a changing
environment. Please see the rules for details.
We hope that many school and university teams will accept
the RoboWaiter and fire-fighting challenges in 2010. Stay
tuned to this website for further information.
David Ahlgren, Director
Jessica Studinski, Event Coordinator
