Song of the day: The boys are back in town – Thin Lizzy Welcome back to the official SART blog!! We just came back from our competition in Bordeaux (like 5 months ago), and it’s been a while since our last update. So, let’s catch up on everything so far, such as breaking our robot...Read More
Lord Nibbler is a black and white robot named after a beloved character from the animated series Futurama. This unique choice of name stems from the creator’s inspiration derived from two previous robots: Blender and Flexo who are also characters from Futurama. Much like its namesake, Lord Nibbler showcases an *eye-catching* black-and-white colour scheme, contributing...Read More
Song of the day: Shake it off – Taylor Swift The robot ‘Nibbler’ is coming along well. 😊 This weekend has been very productive. We have done: Swapped the wheel nuts around Put the tracks on Wiring Added a fan 3D printed a motor switch protector Made progress on the arm Cable management Got the robot...Read More
Song recommendation for the day – It’s A Hard Knock Life by Charles Strouse. Today, we were successful in our attempt to get all our electronic equipment working. Once Hamish and Caitlin were able to set up the power distribution, we were able to test the electronic component of the robot. To our elation, the...Read More
Song recommendation of the day: Hot N Cold – Katy Perry S.A.R.T. is back up and running, filled with fresh new faces, and plenty of determination we’re excited to get started on our preparations for RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux, France. We’ve started to put together the next generation of S.A.R.T. robot and can’t wait to...Read More
song recommendation of the day: Take on Me – a-ha Today was our final day of adventure in Thailand. We livestreamed our performance today and here are our results compared to yesterdays recorded runs. (Recorded | Live) center: 76 |60 crossing ramps: 43 | 53 pinwheels: 44 | 30 sensing: 23 | 25 step fields:...Read More
Song recc: Steal my girl – One Direction Second blog of the day – on that grind Its getting hot in here!!! Flexo got a little hot under its hood! with CPU temps getting towards the 89 degree mark we found the robot thermal throttling making it very hard to perform simple tasks. To solve...Read More
PREP & PRACTICE DAY! song recommendation of the day: Last Resort – Papa Roach Per yesterdays results, Flexo had DESTROYED the tracks, DEMOLISHED the time, and had a dashing time with benders girlfriend 😃 The S.A.R.T teams YouTube page provides insight on the ability of the 2022’s FLEXO robots ability to navigate courses, as well...Read More
Hi everyone!!!!! song recommendation of the day: Nutcracker – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Today is set-up day! We are in Thailand as we speak 😃 (just kidding) Bender’s arch nemesis FLEXO has made its debut in the SART location (in Australia😥). Due to unfortunate events with the ever present pandemic, an executive decision was made that...Read More
Over the past few days we’ve made some exciting locomotion advancements. Connor created Sights motor wrapper plugins for RoboClaw and Roboteq motor controllers, Alex authored a new servo controller for the arm, and Jack jerry-rigged a system to run multiple motor wrappers at once. The following video highlights the fruits of our labours. After this...Read More
