The Design Challenge gives teams of 2-6 students from universities or university technical colleges (UTCs).
The 2024 project brief is to build a repeatable vehicle. The vehicle can be any movable device – wheeled, walking, sliding, jumping, rolling or other. It must move from a point on a flat surface to touch a wall placed at right angles to the point and then return to stop as close as possible to the start point. The device is to be started manually, but once it is underway, no interference or outside control is allowed. The project represents the first stages of a robotic device that could be used for materials handling purposes. The device can be of any construction and propulsion method, limited only by cost and size.
The Challenge enables participants to gain real-industry experience, practical employability skills and enhanced business and people skills, all within a set time frame. It is intended to complement the academic curriculum and is used by participants towards their projects.
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Open to teams of 2-6 students from universities or university technical colleagues (UTCs)
Local regional competitions take place in March/April; winners qualify for a national final
Students are challenged to undertake a specific project to design build and test:
2019 - an external pipe-climber
2020 - a small-scale device to fire a squash ball attached to a line indoors over various distances.
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