Students with Christian Brothers University IEEE are preparing to compete in the SoutheastCon 2010 Hardware Competition to be held in Charlotte NC. March 18-21, 2010.
This years contest has autonomous solar powered robots going around a track with three obstacles (Height Obstacle, Width Obstacle and a Ramp Obstacle). Points will be awarded for the number of times around the track as well as each obstacle navigated within three minutes (starting with NO stored energy).
Teams from colleges and universities from all over the south eastern US as well as Jamaica compete in this event.
Along with CBU, the University of Memphis will also be representing Memphis at the event (pictures of their robot will be posted shortly).