If you’ve ever watched Robot Wars then you’re already ahead in understanding what this project intales!

My name is Andrea and I am currently an Engineering student in TU Dublin (formerly known as DIT). My team, Team 90, consists of Nathan, Nader, and myself.

This Design Project was given to us in our first year of the course to get a basic understanding of how to programme, build, and design. Yes, a working Robot is what my team and I had strived to build from start to finish, but that wasn’t the reason this Project was given to us in the first place.

From my understanding, this helped bring all aspects of Engineering into one, and shows how we all need to understand how each area functions and come together to create something.

So now, to talk about the actual project itself.

Firstly, we are put into teams. The project is spilt into two parts. The first 4-5 weeks are working towards “Tip the Can” and the last few weeks are to refine and improve your robot for the Ultimate RoboSumo Tournament (more in detail in later blog posts). We are then marked and graded on our robots performance against all other teams in the course.

Hopefully this Blog allows you to see the inner workings of our Robot in depth and maybe you too can gain the confidence to build one.