Originally posted on Freescale's The Embedded Beat Blog
This week is National Robotics Week (April 9-17). "National Robotics Week is a product of a 2009 effort by leading universities and companies to create a 'national road-map' for robotics technology, which was initially unveiled at a May 2009 briefing by academic and industry leaders to the Congressional Caucus on Robotics."
A week dedicated to everything and anything robotic, National Robotics Week (NRW) recognizes the importance of robotics technology as a pillar of 21st century innovation. Robotics is perhaps unique in its ability to ignite the imagination. This ability to create interest makes robotics the perfect platform for education in the STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). "During National Robotics Week, a week-long series of events and activities is aimed at increasing public awareness of the growing importance of 'robo-technology' and the tremendous social and cultural impact that it will have on the future of the United States."
The Freescale Cup is a robotics competition held by the Freescale University Program to promote STEM concepts to students around the world. The Freescale Cup is a race between autonomous robot cars. The autonomous vehicles follow a line around a track, with the winner being the car that completes the track in the shortest amount of time. The Freescale Cup is supported by a community website: StreetSmarts. StreetSmarts has over 700 members, and contains multiple videos of Freescale Cup races held around the world.
A Freescale Cup car is made using a standard chassis provided by Freescale. The chassis is a plastic 1/18 scale model car using a DC motor for drive, and a RC servo for steering. The battery provided in the kit is a VEX 7.2 volt 6 cell NiCd pack. Electronics for the robot are up to the designer, but to be eligible for the Freescale Cup it must use a Freescale microcontroller or processor. Look for a future blog detailing how to build a Freescale Cup car using the new Freescale i.MX53 Quick Start board.
Freescale Cup autonomous car chassis
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