A bunch of highschool college students from the northwestern province of Tekirdağ will signify Türkiye within the Vex Robotic Competition, which is ready to be held within the southwestern U.S. metropolis of Dallas with the attendance of over 800 groups from 50 nations on the finish of this month.
The nine-person crew of scholars, which got here in second amongst 32 groups within the competitors held in Istanbul, gained the chance to signify the nation within the U.S. between April 25-27.
The college students from Tekirdağ Ebru Nayim Science High School developed the robotic over the span of three months.
Speaking with Demirören News Agency (DHA), they touched upon the options and software program used for coding whereas conveying hope for succeeding on the U.S.-based competitors as effectively.
Buğra Saltık, one of many captains of the robotics crew who carried out the software program, stated, “I have full faith that we will represent our country in the best possible way in the U.S. I believe in my team … our work on the robot is continuing at this time. Our goal is to bring home success from the U.S.”
Saltık famous that software program integration happens after the robotic is totally developed and its elements are constructed as a result of there are a lot of variable elements within the software program. “Sometimes, this is a process that takes two to three weeks, sometimes it can last one month,” he defined.
He additionally defined that they used the C++ program, the place they write the codes by means of this system’s library named “vex.”
Explaining that the competitors consists of varied autonomous exams, Saltık stated there are 15-second autonomous intervals within the regular match and one minute within the robotic abilities space.
“In the autonomous tests, the robot works according to the codes we wrote,” he stated.
The different captain of the robotic coding crew, Elanur Has, stated this was the second robotic they’ve made this yr, including that in final yr’s nationwide competitors, their crew ranked first.
“We put so much effort into and work hard to design the robots. They start (in the form of) panels, columns and beams, and we shape them to create a robot. We also undertake the design and construction of it,” she stated.
Sedat Eren, the knowledge applied sciences instructor working alongside the crew, additionally defined it’s as much as the scholars and crew to resolve what they “can do with the robot” once they design it. He famous that they designed a brand new, goal-oriented robotic in compliance with the theme for this yr.
The college students begin the 3D modeling within the laptop surroundings, after which they minimize and assemble the robots in the actual life, Eren stated.
After that, the coding crew steps up, he added. Reiterating that the entire course of is teamwork, Eren acknowledged that working as a gaggle, they attempt to attain the perfect outcomes.
Explaining that their highschool robotics crew was established in 2019 and began to take part in competitions one yr later, he additionally underscored that because of the pandemic, their actions have been halted however that final yr they took dwelling the Türkiye champions title with the robotic that they had made.
“Our team worked hard again this year. They produced a beautiful robot and we advanced to the final round. We ranked second in Türkiye and became one of the four teams that will represent our country in the world,” Eren stated.
Regarding this yr’s competitors, he additionally stated that their robotic is designed to gather factors by throwing discs it picks up into baskets in accordance with this yr’s theme.
“In addition, it is also programmed to turn the four rotating rollers on the side of the field into its own color during the match. It has an expansion mechanism to make it wider. In this way, it tries to take up as much space as possible at the end of the match to block opponents. The aim is to collect extra points and win the competition thanks to all these abilities,” he defined.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
