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FIRST PLACE: AMIE -- AUTONOMOUS MOBILE INCIPIENT EXTINGUISHER -- Michael Coyle, Jeff Mathis, Lee Sharping, Rebecca Southworth
AIME is an autonomous mobile robot built for an international fire fighting competition, at which it won Second Place in the Expert Division. The device moves through an unknown maze, locates a fire (in the form of a candle flame) and extinguishes it, in the least amount of time. It incorporates multiple object-oriented microcontrollers, along with ultrasonic and infrared sensors.
SECOND PLACE: Johnson Controls Autonomous Audit/Calibration Fixture -- Rick Brooks, Bryant Johnson, Jeff Papendorf (CE), Eric Strangeway
This device autonomously tests, audits and calibrates Johnson Controls' new digital room controller, the Field Equipment Controller (FEC). It switches power loads, reads voltages and currents, and records pertinent data.
THIRD PLACE (TIE): FRITO -- Fencing Robot Integrated Training Opponent -- Kevin Cornell, Brian Hale, Bonnie VanZile, Eric Waydick
This robot is used as an ideal partner for practicing the sport of fencing. It allows a fencer of any skill level to complete drills that simultaneously involves footwork and swordwork, using various operational modes -- with or without arm, moving or stationary, and with a static or active target array.
THIRD PLACE (TIE): Broadband ECG Monitor -- Mike Barille, Erik Petersen, Scott Shimeta
This low-cost system allows cardiac medical personnel to monitor a patient's heart condition remotely. Rather than confine a patient to a hospital for routine monitoring, the Monitor lets patients live a relatively unencumbered life at home, yet under constant wireless monitoring. The system employs a wireless network connection (802.11b) within the house, then connecting via the Internet to the nurse's or physician's location.