Blimp Pylon Racing 2006
This year the robots will have to race around vertical pylons, in the style of the Reno aerial races.
No obstacles, no penalties, just two blimps racing in loops on circuits around two luminous pylons. Blimps will have to be fast and precise!
Teams receive a basic kit for
construction of the flying robot, including a blimp envelope, linear cameras and
a PIC microcontroller. In addition, teams are provided with a virtual budget to
equip their robot with actuators and sensors as they see fit.
The contest will be held on thursday, 1st of June at 15h30 in the
Salle Polyvalente.
It will go until approximately 17h00.
Rules
The Blimp Pylon Racing rules are available for download as pdf. Note that the rules may be modified by
the organizers if necessary. The latest version will always be published here.
rules_v1.3.pdf (updated 25/05/06 - final championship procedure added)
rules_v1.2.pdf (updated 11/11/05 - we made some small changes in the equipment list)
Pictures
Pictures of the contest are available at médiathèque and here.
Last year blimps attacked peaceful balloons with a needle. Click on the
images for a larger version.
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