Designing For Disaster Relief In Gondwana Land

摘要

Four University of Adelaide students won this year's Design and Build WeirrnWarman Competition. The annual contest invites second year mechanicalrnengineering students from around Australia to design and build vehicles for the imaginary land of Gondwana.rnThis year, the Gondwanans wanted a machine for disaster relief. The vehicle had to deliver a tennis ball to a ramp at the end of a test track within a 30 second time limit. Students were not allowed to control the machine, which had to guide itself.rnThe winning device used infrared sensors and drove on tracks the students made from a food-grade conveyor belt. The team's captain Eric Parsonage said they spent a whole semester on the project, working at least an hour each day.