Mobile Robotics
Design, build, and maintain robots to solve problems in industries from manufacturing to aerospace, mining to medicine.
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Why is this skill important?
Robots plan an increasing role in our lives and places of work in areas as diverse as manufacturing, agriculture, aerospace, mining, and medicine.
Mobile robots begin with a design and then a prototype which must be programmed and tested to make sure it offers a high and consistent level of performance.
The mobile robotics engineer must be familiar with logic, microprocessors, and computer programming and prepare specifications for the robot’s capabilities as they relate to the work environment. They are also are responsible for cost efficient design, cost-price calculations and quality-control.
Could this skill be for you?
If you like:
- Fixing things
- Making things
- Complex problems
- Using computers
- Using tools
- Things that move
- Working as a team
You should also take a look at:
- Manufacturing and Engineering Technology
The Challenge
Important elements of the challenge include:
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Contestants will programme a provided mobile robot.
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Teams must also prepare specifications for the robot's capabilities.
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Competitors will test, adjust sensor values and parameters, assemble and connect peripheral equipment and make final test runs.
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Teams must be able to troubleshoot and repair hardware and connections.
