[Tyler]

Thanksgiving RoboParade
     



It's Thanksgiving, that day when robots everywhere put aside their toils
and take time out from endless mental repetition of the thought, "kill
all humans", to take part in traditional holiday festivities.
Every year around this time, Lawrence Tech puts on the Thanksgiving
RoboParade. Teams
of high school students build up to 50 robot floats. After individual
test runs, the fully autonomous robots follow each other down an
elevated 10" wide line following course. In addition to following the
line, each robot must detect the robot in front of it so it can stop or
adjust its speed to avoid bumping into it. Video of the 2008 parade
isn't available yet but enjoy this video of the 2007 RoboParade and
check out photos of the 2007
or 2006 parades.
   

http://robots.net/article/2702.html