Robot competition celebrates in UC Davis-News10. net

DAVIS, CA-they are not your father's robots. These sophisticated machines to take part in the annual first robotics competition at UC Davis are the result of the hard work and dedication of high schoolers, mostly from California.

Slideshow: Robotic competition

The robots are a mix of gears, cables, lights and computer processors. All have some sort of arm with a gripping device. During the games, inflatable objects picked up on the floor of the arena and hoisted on raised posts.

The collection of intellect is evident in the "pits," the area next to the arena where students tweak, repair and admire their robots. Terms such as pneumatics, compensators and inverse kinematics are pretty over thrown by these potential engineers.

The amount of time that these children to their projects committing suggests there is not much time for anything else. She dreams about robots?

"It pretty much consumed your entire life, especially during the game, so you won't get much sleep, so you don't have time to dream about," said David Rappaport DaVinci Academy Charter in Sacramento. His team, "Citrus Circuits," "hundreds and hundreds of" has spent hours perfecting both the hardware and the software for their creation, "optomist Lime."

All teams are given six weeks to design, build and program their robot. They all begin with the same kit and go from there. Rappaport is the team of the programmer. He is responsible for the instructions in the on-board computer to the robot, including the autonomous movements that part of the competition.

Although the majority of the members of the team guys are, has a team, the "Fem Bots," from St. Francis High School in Sacramento, all the girls on their roster. Their robot, "Andy", was dressed in pink, and this team is ready for the competition.

"It is dominated by men, but that's kinda half the fun," said co-captain Ashley Peng. "We want to compete against them and succeed."

The competition continues Saturday at UC Davis in the activities and recreation centre.

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