Q: Tell us almost your organisation inwards your ain words:
M: Triton Competitive Robotics provides resources to students interested inwards edifice robots to come inwards into competitions. Students tin shipping away pitch their stance for a contest to come inwards as well as and thus TCR volition pose together a squad of students to run on a robot for the contest too every bit supply workshops as well as funding.
J: Our mission actually is to gear upwardly as well as strengthen the robotics community hither past times making certain there’s zip stopping somebody that wants to pursue a robotics project. We’re working difficult to brand certain everyone has access to resources that volition assistance them - as well as i agency to create this is past times collaborating amongst other organizations. For example, samcad, a pupil org that focuses on 3D modeling, only pose on a rattling successful SOLIDWORKS workshop for us.
Q: Why did you lot create upwardly one's heed to root this organization?
J: I recollect tending an orientation freshman twelvemonth as well as talking amongst somebody almost the lack of robotics pupil orgs on campus. I’ve since discovered them (IEEE does bully work, for example,) but none of them actually focused on the projects I wanted to pursue. Our destination is to create sum that gap.
M: I was at dwelling watching BattleBots as well as I thought, UCSD has an amazing technology scientific discipline programme as well as we’re to a greater extent than than capable of creating our ain Battlebot; nosotros should create this. Since then, the compass of our organization's interests has expanded to all robotics competitions.
Q: What projects is your organisation working on correct now?
M: We currently convey 2 projects. One is a iii lb autonomous fighting robot that nosotros invention on entering into side past times side year’s Robogames competition. Our other projection is our BattleBots squad which is existence led past times Jeffrey.
Q: How tin shipping away interested students larn involved?
J: All of our projection meetings are opened upwardly to the populace (you tin shipping away uncovering the times/locations on Facebook or past times emailing us.) Currently, all positions are filled for the 2 projects but every bit nosotros root edifice nosotros would potentially require to a greater extent than squad members. Keep inwards heed that if you lot as well as some friends convey a unlike contest you’re passionate about, nosotros tin shipping away assistance you lot compete!
Q: Contact info?
M: Find us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/tritonrobots/ or electronic mail either of us at mkj002@ucsd.edu as well as jewang@ucsd.edu
Interested inwards sponsoring or mentoring? Send an electronic mail to tcr.ucsd@gmail.com.