Project14 | Winners Announcement: Rise of the Robots with Wheels!

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Congratulations to carmelito for Robots with Wheels - CupRobot , Sean_Miller for The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels , and dubbie for RoboBobLet . You are the first place winners of the Robot with Wheels Competition! You win a $100 Shopping Cart!

Congratulations to balearicdynamics for Cardboard Robot With Wheels: A BBC micro:bit STEM project , jomoenginer for PWHBot #1: Introduction , mcb1 for HaloBOT , balearicdynamics for The Lino Project with Arduino Mega 2560: Interrupts and Motors , and mcb1 for 300g BOT . You are the runner ups of the Robots with Wheels Competition! You win some free element14 swag!

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The theme this month was Robots with Wheels and it came from koudelad .

This competition fittingly coincided with Open Arduino and the recently launched Project14 | The Birthday Special: Open Arduino: The Winners Announcement!

There was a lot of crossover between the two competitions including some of the most memorable projects from mcb1 , jomoenginer , balearicdynamics , and carmelito , which made this the perfect competition to ride coattail with Open Arduino .

This was a particularly challenging theme but one the members really enjoyed and like classics like DIY Test Equipment have indicated that they would like to see again.

After all, who didn't walk away from Star Wars wanting their own robot (and laser sword)?

The First Place Winners

Robots with Wheels - CupRobot by carmelito

Great project, cool and fun - Community Member Judge

Carmelito made some really good 3D printed parts for his simple robot. What really got me was how dextrous it was moving around - the tall cup giving it a very likable personality. - Community Member Judge

Also on Project14 by carmelito :

The Making of R2D2 - The Force on Wheels by Sean_Miller

A truly amazing project - Community Member Judge

Sean has provided a really good build diary and some great custom PCBs. Plus it includes the Star Wars theme ! - Community Member Judge

Also on Project14 from Sean_Miller:

RobotBobLet by dubbie

Also on Project14 by dubbie :

Not RoboBobLet #1 in Robots with Wheels

The Runner Up Winners

Cardboard Robot With Wheels: A BBC micro:bit STEM project by balearicdynamics

A well-written project, which looks like a lot of fun for children. There were many photos and the project was extremely well documented. - Community Member Judge

Also on Project14 from balearicdynamics :

The Lino Project with Arduino Mega 2560: Interrupts and Motors by balearicdynamics

Another great project, very educational and detailed - Community Member Judge

PWH Bot by jomoenginer

Also on Project14 from jomoenginer :

- - Flip Connected X-Mas Ornament in The Holiday Special
    - FLiP Connected X-Mas Ornament
    - FLiP Connected X-Mas Ornament part II
    - FLiP Connected X-Mas Ornament part III - complete

HaloBOT by mcb1

Also on Project14 by mcb1 :

Top Comments

balearicdynamics over 7 years ago

I Got the Swag!
Happy to share with you what's arrived some days ago. Thanks Element14 and tariq.ahmad LoL

{gallery} The Swag
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dubbie over 7 years ago

I was very happy (and surprised) to be a winner of the Robots with Wheels challenge. Being a newcomer to Element14 this was the first thing I contributed and I only did it for fun. I didn't even realise that there was a prize until the winners were announced, although I'm not sure how I missed this as it is on all the links. It was great fun to be able to build a mobile robot just for fun (you can never mention the word fun too many times in relation to engineering!). I think the part I enjoyed most was being able to connect everything together without having to make any special connectors or PCBs, or writing extensive software (there were example libraries for everything (the glory of open source and sharing) and that it actually worked!

It was a shame RobobBobLet was injured in an accident but the prize might be useful for getting some replacement continuous rotation servo motors. Or I might just spend the prize on nuts and bolts, literally. I think I am reverting to my childhood Meccano days as I want to screw and bolt everything together. mainly so I can take it apart again when I find out I have done it wrong.

Thanks to everyone who commented as it was all very encouraging.

Dubbie
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carmelito over 7 years ago in reply to 14rhb

Congratulations to the participants and the winners, this was really a fun Project14 theme...

Rod, +1 for your comment on potentially making this an annual theme.
14rhb wrote:

I think E14 community could easily have this as an annual fun theme.

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jomoenginer over 7 years ago

Congrats to the winners and the other runner ups. There were certainly some fun projects posted. One day I'll take on the R2-D2 build and the micro:bit STEM, or is it STEAM, project is something I need to take back to the Robotics club I'm in.
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DAB over 7 years ago

Congratulations to everyone, these were all very good projects.

Well done.

DAB
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14rhb over 7 years ago

Likewise, well done to carmelito Sean_Miller and dubbie for showing us their great projects. I really liked seeing CupBot nibblely manoeuvring around - the simple/tall design made it instantly likeable (who would have thought we could have empathy for a plastic cup ! ).

Well done also to the other competitors who also brought us some great wheeled projects and of course to tariq.ahmad for pulling this (and all the other Project14 stuff) together this month .

I think E14 community could easily have this as an annual fun theme.

Rod
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mcb1 over 7 years ago

Well done guys.
Quite a range of bots to choose from and just glad I wasn't juding it.

Mark
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dougw over 7 years ago

Congratulations to the participants and the winners. Robots really showcase multidisciplinary expertise.
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genebren over 7 years ago

Congratulations to all the winners and runner ups. This is a very cool bunch of robots, developed though some serious hard work and skills.
Well done all!
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