2015 Mobile Microrobotics Challenge - Team Proposal Deadline
The IEEE Robotics & Automations Society (RAS) Micro/Nano Robotics & Automation Technical Committee (MNRA) invites applications to participate in the 2015 Mobile Microrobotics Challenge at ICRA 2015 - Seattle, WA USA, in which microrobots on the order of the diameter of a human hair face off in tests of autonomy, accuracy, and assembly. Teams can participate in up to three events:
1. Autonomous Mobility & Accuracy Challenge: Microrobots must track a predefined micro-scale trajectory (rectangle, circle, triangle, etc.) multiple times. The team with the most accurate traversal of the all the trajectories is the winner.
2. Microassembly Challenge: Microrobots must assemble multiple microscale components inside a narrow channel in a fixed amount of time. This task simulates anticipated applications of microassembly, including manipulation within a human blood vessel and the assembly of components in nano manufacturing.
3. MMC Showcase & Poster Session: Each team has an opportunity to showcase and demonstrate any advanced capabilities and/or functionality of their microrobot system. Each participating team will get one vote to determine the Best in Show winner.
Important Dates:
*1 December 2014* Team Proposals Due
*15 December 2014* Proposal Acceptance/Rejection notification
*15 February 2015* Qualification Video Submission Due
*1 March 2015* Finalists Notified
*26-30 May 2015* MMC @ ICRA 2015
Please vist the competition website for the Official Rules and more information: https://sites.google.com/site/mobilemicrorboticschallenge/
Organizers:
David J. Cappelleri,Purdue University
Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Roel Pieters, ETH Zurich
Igor Paprotny, University of Illinois, Chicago
Contact: RAS_MMC_Organizers@googlegroups.com
