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MATC Industrial Controls
Final Exam: “A
Fight to the Death”
Students Demonstrate Industrial Robot Skills in
Battlebot Competition This Friday
For one class at MATC, the final exam will be
a fight to the death … literally … until
one battlebot dies or both robot batteries go dead. The winning team will receive
an “A” for the final project. The loser – well, it will be
up to the spectators to give them a “thumbs up” or “thumbs
down.”
WHAT: |
A robotic gladiator battle to
the death in the 120 Pound Middleweight Class. The public
is invited to view this epic battle.
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WHERE: |
MATC Truax, 3550 Anderson Street, Madison
Bay 42 – Industrial Maintenance, Room 65 |
WHEN: |
Friday, May 13, 2005, 11:00-11:30 AM
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WHO: |
MATC Industrial Maintenance Students (controlling the robots)
“Razor Raptor” Sleek, fast and deadly. Don’t get it angry!
“Stinger” A monster with menacing, air-driven fangs. |
WHY: |
Fourth semester MATC Industrial Maintenance students take
Manufacturing Systems Application and Control to learn about
manufacturing automation. The skills learned in the course
are in great demand in industry. Just as nursing graduates
are needed to keep an aging Wisconsin population healthy, skilled
technicians are needed to keep Wisconsin manufacturing plants
healthy.
The students learn control theory, practice and group
project skills by designing and building automated systems,
similar to those used in industry. Over the years,
students have built automated can crushers, ping-pong ball sorters, automated
soda can openers and other projects that have been fun to design and build
and related to industrial automation.
This year, the instructor
and students decided to build battlebots. The class of
15 students was split into two competing teams with each
team
given the
same basic motors, controls and batteries. Each team separately decided the
design,
armor and weapons complement. Most of the other parts were scrounged from
old equipment. |
Note: Please call ahead if you’d like to arrange
for parking in Truax’s Center Court near the event venue.
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Modified:
May 11, 2005
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