| Rank | Total Points | Team Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1145 | IEEE-UIUC | |
| 2 | 1040 | Team E'Ville | |
| 3 | 675 | EDT-ARES | |
| 4 | 620 | EDT-THOR | |
| 5 | 445 | Team ramrod | |
| 5 | 445 | UIC IEEE & ASME | |
| 6 | 285 | Alesei's Avengers | |
| 7 | 210 | Operation VACUSUCK | |
| 8 | 125 | EDT-LOKI | |
| 9 | 115 | Pearse Robotics | |
| 10 | 100 | UBRobotics | |
| 11 | 95 | SHPE NSBE HH | |
| 12 | 50 | dot crusher | |
| 13 | 45 | EDT-ODIN | |
| 14 | 35 | Engineering Freshmen Committee | |
| 15 | 30 | Engineering and Robotics | |
| 16 | 0 | Short Circuit | |
| 17 | 0 | Illinois Tech Robotics | |
| 18 | 0 | Team Rex | |
| 19 | 0 | Triangle | |
| 20 | -10 | Team Hackness | |
| 21 | -20 | dot dot dot |
The University of Illinois and Advanced Micro Devices proudly present the 20th annual AMD Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition, held during Engineering Open House on March 9th and 10th, 2007. The contest is sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices and held in honor of W.J. "Jerry" Sanders, an alumnus of the University of Illinois. Advanced Micro Devices endorses this contest to inspire excellence in engineering.
Each year, engineering students of all disciplines build robots to achieve predefined objectives and compete for more than $5,000 in prizes. This year's competition will consist of four teams competing simultaneously to move colored hula hoops and/or Frisbees to designated drop-off zones in the arena. Automated colored lighting underneath each of the four raised drop-off platforms determines which platform each colored object must be delivered to in order to score points. The colors will shift randomly in pre-determined intervals; these intervals will speed up as the round progresses, encouraging teams to build quick robots. While the basic goal of transporting hula hoops and Frisbees may seem simple, the addition of a randomly changing environment will keep competitors on edge during every round.
The competition promotes engineering disciplines and offers students a chance to demonstrate their technical abilities and creativity while applying knowledge learned in engineering courses. Overall, the design competition presents a well-rounded multi-disciplinary engineering challenge to future engineers.
April 1, 2007 - I've uploaded the first batch of pictures from the 2007 competition to the Multimedia page.
October 29, 2006 - More updates on the course layout, Frisbees, and hula-hoops have been added, including updates to the course diagram & render.
October 23, 2006 - The Objective and Course Info pages have been updated with out latest details of the course layout, hula-hoops, Frisbees, and approximate lighting. Also, the foul zones diagram has been added to the Rules page.
September 30, 2006 - The rules have been updated for the 2007 competition. Additionally, there is a poll up on the forums, regarding the course layout. Go vote on it!
September 10, 2006 - Registration is now online!
September 9, 2006 - Jeff has installed a set of forums on our server, so we'll be using that instead of the listserv from now on. Go check it out!
September 8, 2006 - Preliminary objective information and course description are updated. These will be more fully fleshed out in the coming weeks.
August 29, 2006 - Website updates started for 2007 competition. As features come up, announcements will be posted here. Stay tuned.