Robosnakes take first prize in 13th Singapore Robotic Games
By Evan Blass 
posted March 22nd 2006 12:51PM
posted March 22nd 2006 12:51PM
A pair of robotic
snakes have emerged as winners of the 13th Singapore Robotic Games, a competition held for tertiary students and hosted
for the first time this year by Nanyang Polytechnic. Organized by various tertiary institutions, the Singapore
Science Centre and the Robotic Games Society in Singapore, the Games draw some serious entries, as is evidenced by the
entire year it took the eight final-year mechatronics students (also from Nanyang Polytechnic- we
hope the same can't be said of the judges) to complete their slithering creations. If you can't get enough robosnake
action, make sure to check out our previous coverage on the OmniTread all-terrain and
ACM-R5 amphibious models- which despite
their corporate pedigrees, are unable to muster the realistic reptilian creepiness that these students seem to have
achieved.
I wouldn't get on a plane with em, that's for tootin sure.
A video of them in action would be nice.
"reptilian creepiness"? Nice I say! Innovations, no matter how inapplicable they could be in the world, are always great to see. This kind of hobby, could lead to the creation of some seriously useful tools in the future. Good job to those students.
Plus, I second the idea of a video of these snakes in motion, it'd be nice to see what the best they have this year is like.
I wonder if they should name the snakes after Metal Gear characters Solid/ect...
"I wouldn't get on a plane with em, that's for tootin sure."
This the best joke I've heard all day! Thank you for this.
yep, i can confirm that most of the judges are from namyang polytechinc, same as the winners...
i know as i took part for 3 consecutive years in other categories. believe me, you wouldnt wanna hear how the judges side with their students.
whining aside, the level at the singapore robotic games is nowhere compared to that of the world robotic games. absolutley mind blowing...too bad i have no links to vids...
is there any real use other than scaring the living shit out of people? (not that isn't a valid use)
Interesting and useful content.