First place in the New York City FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Championship, Javits Center NY, by participating with the robotics team of stables high school, Westport, CT.
03/28/2008
Best poster competition (1st Place) at the ASEE zone 1 conference, March 2008
We are developing and constructing the mobile manipulation platform RISCbot II. The objective is to build a hardware platform
with redundant kinematic degrees of freedom, a comprehensive sensor suite,
and significant end-effector capabilities for manipulation. The RISCbot II platform
differs from any related robotic platforms because its mobile platform is a
wheelchair base. Thus the RISCbot II has the advantages of the wheelchair such
as high payload, high speed motor package (the max speed of the wheelchair
is 6 mph), Active-Trac and rear caster suspension for outstanding outdoor
performance, and adjustable front anti-tips to meet terrain challenges.