Robots Compete in Running - ET Robocon 2011 Kansai Regional Competition
A two-wheeled robot blasted through a circuit at the ET Robocon 2011 Kansai Regional Conference (sponsored by the Embedded Systems Technology Association of Japan) held on September 18 at the Kyoto Station Satellite Hall of The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics.The highlight of the event was a competition in which autonomous two-wheeled robots ran a predetermined course and competed to clear time and obstacles.The hardware of the robots were identical (an inverted pendulum using Lego Mindstorms NXT), and the level of software incorporated into the robots was competed.KCGI an