McMaster Autonomous Robot Race Team (MARRT)

Robot Testing and YouTube Channel

macrobotrace — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:33:40 +0000

The team has been hard at work with the competition only a few days away. Here’s a video from some of our circuit testing.

We’ve set up a YouTube channel where we plan to upload videos from our testing as well as any other relevant videos of the team and the robot. Watch for more videos to be uploaded once we get some time after the competition!

Dean of Engineering Sponsors Team

macrobotrace — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:21:08 +0000

Thank you to Dr. Wilkinson, Dean of Engineering at McMaster University for his sponsorship of MARRT. Your support will go a long way in getting our robot up and running for competition.

If you, or someone you know, would like to sponsor our team, please leave a comment or email us.

2011 Competition Information Released

macrobotrace — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:59:40 +0000

Information related to the 2011 International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition and Exhibition is now available on the competition website. The competition is hosted by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. The date is still to be determined.

Rule Highlights:

Design Competition
- Written report (due June 30, 2010)
- Oral presentation
- Vehicle Examination
Drag Race
Circuit Race

If you would like to sponsor our team in any way, please contact us at macrobotrace@gmail.com.

MARRT becomes MES Team

macrobotrace — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:16:19 +0000

Engineering students from all departments voted at the McMaster Engineering Society’s Semi-Annual General Meeting in favour of MARRT being recognized as a team affiliated with the MES.

The team would like to thank the MES Executive for their help with putting forward the motion and all students voting in favour of it. We won’t let you down.

As always, if you are interested in being added to the mailing list, leave a comment on this post or email macDOTrobotDOTraceATgmailDOTcom.

Team to be recognized by McMaster Engineering Society

macrobotrace — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:07:23 +0000

MARRT has applied to become an affiliated team with the McMaster Engineering Society. The motion will be put through at the MES’s Semi Annual General Meeting during the first week of November.

Come out, find out what we’re about and how you can get involved and support us! Check the MES website for time and location.

Meetings and contacting the team

macrobotrace — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:08:04 +0000

Full team meetings usually take place on Tuesday evenings somewhere in ITB. Meeting notices are sent out to the team mailing list with the location and time of the next meeting. Every one is welcome and no experience is necessary!

To be added to the mailing list please leave a comment on this post.

EngFest Appearance September 14

macrobotrace — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:08:14 +0000

Dash and the McMaster University Autonomous Robot Race Team will be attending the McMaster Engineering Society EngFest event on September 14th, 2010. EngFest will take place in front of the John Hodgins Engineering building.

Come meet the team, see Dash do its thing and find out how you can get involved with next year’s competition! We’ll see you there!

Robot Racing Team on McMaster Daily News!

macrobotrace — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:48:36 +0000

Check out the article and video of Dash in action on the Daily News site.

Dash wins first and third place!

macrobotrace — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:53:56 +0000

Dash, McMaster’s autonomous robot, won first place in the drag race competition and third place in the circuit competition at the 2010 International Autonomous Robot Race Competition.