1 cubic inch Robot

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We're taking a team of 17 students and 4 adults to Japan this Sunday the 4th of Nov. We're very lucky to have an alumni of our school, Waiakea High - Team 2024, who went off to graduate in electrical engineering come back and help us. His employers at the CalTech Submillimeter Telescopes have been very supportive as well. Some of you have a very good eye...yes, we mounted the two circuit boards in a Horizontal position with two Geared motors and two wheels. We’re using a PIC16F877A for a processor. We have 3 IR sensors – one in the front and one on each side. The motors come from solarbotics - GM15 with a 24:1 planetary gear for about $15 each.
If you look at the website for the contest you'll see a 1 cubic centimeter robot contest as well. We're working on them now and I may have a picture up soon. They can be tethered so we don't have to put a pic on them. I had to special order motors from England.
The "game" for the 1 inch bots looks like a tic-tac-toe board with the lines being 30 mm wide, a little over an inch. You have to hit four points in the grid and then rush the finish line. For the 1 centimeter bots you have three contests - straight line race, slolom and hill climb. It's been a great experience with my students learning how to design,print and etch their own circuit boards, solder on very small components and programing. Let me know if anyone has more questions! Aloha