{"id":208360,"date":"2024-12-23T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=208360"},"modified":"2024-12-23T08:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T18:38:00","slug":"robot-showdown-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/23\/robot-showdown-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot showdown tests engineering students\u2019 skills at <abbr>¶«¾«Ó°Òµ<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_96654\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y7SRyWFyVyY?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"ECE 491 Competition - 2024\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>More than 20 students in seven teams faced off in a robotics competition at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa, putting months of preparation to the test as their autonomous robots attempted to navigate a complex obstacle course.<\/p>\n<p>The competition, the final project for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ece.hawaii.edu\/home\/\">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>\u2019s Fundamentals of Robotics and Cyberphysical Systems course, challenged students to design and program robots capable of independently following a black line through a winding track.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/manoa-engineering-robot-on-a-course-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"robot on a track\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-208361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/manoa-engineering-robot-on-a-course-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/manoa-engineering-robot-on-a-course-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/manoa-engineering-robot-on-a-course.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re pushing the students right to the edge, but keeping it positive at the same time,&rdquo; said Assistant Professor Daniel Drew, who oversees the course.<\/p>\n<p>Students spent weeks mastering mobility, perception and intelligent systems, with many facing repeated setbacks before achieving success. The competition showcased a range of results, with some robots smoothly tracking the line while others struggled to maintain course.<\/p>\n<p>For computer science major Kai Garcia, the course offered rare hands-on experience with hardware components.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This class was a great introduction to something I&#8217;ve never done before,&rdquo; Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p>Teams added personal touches to their robots through creative decorations, bringing personality to their technical projects. The competition represented more than just technical achievement, highlighting the students&#8217; growth in problem-solving and engineering skills throughout the semester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.hawaii.edu\/ece491\/\">See the entire story on the College of Engineering website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students spent weeks mastering mobility, perception and intelligent systems, with many facing repeated setbacks before achieving success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[179,541,1592,182,484,1466,1467,313,9,56],"class_list":["post-208360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-computer-science","tag-electrical-and-computer-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-information-and-computer-science","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-stem","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208443,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208360\/revisions\/208443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}